Troubled trucking operator YRC Worldwide Inc. says shareholders as of Monday will get to vote on a stock plan related to the company's recent debt-for-equity swap.
Sprint Nextel officials will now allow large shareholders to call special meetings of investors.
Database provider InfoGroup Inc. plans to welcome shareholders to one of its suburban Omaha offices in Papillion for its annual meeting.
The Procter & Gamble Co.'s new CEO wants to fire up growth by adding a billion new customers for products such as Pampers diapers and Gillette shavers around the globe over the next five years.
Bed maker Select Comfort Corp. on Tuesday said a recent shareholder vote to decide on a major outside investment in the company will be reviewed.
Pulte Home Inc.'s $1.53 billion takeover of rival Centex Corp. was approved by shareholders of both companies Tuesday, creating the largest homebuilder in the United States.
Shareholders of drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. on Friday both overwhelmingly backed a huge tie-up of the New Jersey neighbors, and shares of both companies jumped.
Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy was cheered when he addressed the Brett Favre situation at Thursday's annual shareholders meeting.
Kroger Co.'s chief executive says both sides must find a balance as the grocery store chain faces tough union negotiations.
CarMax Chief Executive Tom Folliard says the auto retailer is focused on eliminating waste and improving execution to weather the weak automotive market and better position it for future growth.
Wyeth has scheduled a meeting for the drugmaker's shareholders to vote whether to approve its pending acquisition by drug giant Pfizer.
Rejecting a hedge fund's bid to enlarge Target Corp.'s board and infuse it with new blood, the company's shareholders re-elected a slate of four incumbents Thursday at their annual meeting, according to preliminary vote totals.
In a combative and sometimes colorful annual meeting, Chevron's CEO and chairman exchanged barbs with activists over pollution in the Amazon rain forest and the company's human rights record, twice scolding speakers who addressed executives.
Activists grilled Exxon Mobil Corp.'s CEO Wednesday on environmental issues and his compensation package, but shareholders stood behind management that delivered the biggest profit ever for a U.S. company last year.
Yum Brands' top executive tells shareholders that the restaurant operator remains confident of reaching a target for earnings growth this year.
The CEO of Southwest Airlines says an April pickup in travel has fizzled in May, forcing the company to speed up plans to raise more revenue.
Altria Group Inc., the nation's largest tobacco maker, told its shareholders Tuesday that recent acquisitions and a focus on the growing area of smokeless products put it in a strong position for long-term growth.
Macy's Inc. chief executive told shareholders on Friday that the department store chain's major focus for 2009 will be the continuing rollout of its strategy of tailoring merchandise to local markets.
Ford Motor Co. shareholders on Thursday approved the company's request to issue shares of common stock to help pay some of its health care obligations to retired autoworkers.
The U.S. oil and gas industry, facing greater regulation and heavier taxes at home, must do a better job of explaining its vital role in the global economy's future, the chief of the nation's third-largest oil company said Wednesday.
Sprint Nextel Corp. shareholders on Tuesday approved a measure allowing stockholders to call special meetings.
PepsiCo Inc.'s chief executive told shareholders Wednesday that the time is right to buy the soft drink and snack maker's two biggest bottlers in North America — even after one of them rejected a deal.
The head of E.W. Scripps Co. said Tuesday that content remains a major focus for the media company as it moves through the tough economic times facing the industry.
At its first shareholder meeting since the spinoff from Altria Group Inc., Philip Morris International Inc. said new products in its key brands like Marlboro will help grow cigarette sales overseas, its core market.
Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and vice chairman Charlie Munger spent more than five hours Saturday answering questions from shareholders.