After gains, Vice Fund seeks ‘Budweiser of marijuana’
(Reuters) - Gerry Sullivan has an eye out for the sins of tomorrow, but he's no puritan. Since taking the helm of USA Mutuals' iconoclastic Vice Fund in 2011, Sullivan...
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Advisors recommend votes against Oracle board over pay
(Reuters) - Top proxy advisors recommended votes against key directors of software maker Oracle Corp, citing concerns over executive pay. The recommendations promise to stir up a debate over compensation...
Missing out on new inflows, American Funds parent launches sales push
(Reuters) - Capital Group Cos Chairman James Rothenberg outlined a new effort on Wednesday to promote its American Funds lineup, left sidelined by client withdrawals even as investors edge back...
Plaintiffs win round versus Lockheed in stable value fund case
BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court handed a procedural victory to plaintiffs who say their Lockheed Martin Corp retirement plans were badly run, a boost for the closely watched...
MIT cites missed chances before Aaron Swartz suicide
BOSTON (Reuters) - Reviewers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said on Tuesday the school could have taken steps that would have reduced pressure on Internet activist Aaron Swartz such...
MIT cites missed chances before Aaron Swartz suicide
BOSTON (Reuters) - Reviewers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said on Tuesday the school could have taken steps that would have reduced pressure on Internet activist Aaron Swartz such...
Opponents of Dell buyout say don’t delay vote
(Reuters) - Opposition to Michael Dell's bid to take his computer company private grew on Wednesday, and billionaire Carl Icahn argued Dell Inc had no right to delay a shareholder...
Virginia deserved notice on bomb suspect burial: funeral director
BOSTON (Reuters) - Local officials in Virginia should have been told before the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was interred there, said the funeral director who handled...
Boston compensation mission brings Feinberg back to home turf
BOSTON (Reuters) - Kenneth Feinberg, America's Solomon of catastrophe compensation, spoke in Boston on Tuesday on how the city can navigate what he called the biblical choices in getting money...
Struggle to find grave site stymies Boston bombing suspect’s burial
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts funeral home owner said he is struggling to find a graveyard willing to accept the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in...