We recently announced our first 100,000 users, and now there’s more big news: Johnson & Johnson intends to use Moxy Vote to communicate with their retail shareholders. This should be no surprise to those who follow J&J’s investor relations practices — they are at the cutting edge of shareholder engagement through social media. For example,Continue Reading
While the auto industry hasn’t been known for its sustainability efforts in the past, Calvert investments recently recognized a few car companies for their improved business practices. In their report, Calvert reviewed the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices of leading automakers. Calvert’s investment evaluation took into consideration seven ESG criteria, including workplace practices, humanContinue Reading
A few weeks ago, one of our Advocates, As You Sow, published their third annual report on U.S. corporate beverage recycling practices. “Waste & Opportunity 2011” is As You Sow’s third beverage container recycling scorecard and report. The report tracks and ranks companies’ efforts to reduce source materials, create recyclable product packaging, and increase container recovery. AsContinue Reading
Last week, Google shook up the technology world and put a takeover offer on the table for Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. At the time, the $12.5 billion offer represented more than a 60% premium to Motorola Mobility’s stock price. However, one Motorola shareholder felt the board of directors at Motorola Mobility undervalued their own firm andContinue Reading
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This past Friday, one of our co-founders, Doug Gates was interviewed on CNBC. The interview was about whether or not too much blame is placed on CEOs in bad times, and too much credit given when their company is doing well. Be sure to check out the interview and let us know your opinion. DoContinue Reading
Tomorrow, Thursday April 7th, Moxy Vote will be participating in BetterInvesting’s Retail Investor Conference. We will have our booth open all day during the virtual conference, and we’ll be giving a live presentation at 3:00 PM EST about Moxy Vote and proxy voting for retail shareholders. After our presentation, we will host a Q&A discussionContinue Reading
Throughout the proxy season, we want to keep our readers informed about the current ballots on Moxy Vote. Over the past few weeks, ballots have been flooding in, and our users have been busy voting. Here are some of the hottest ballots and resolutions currently up for vote on Moxy Vote. ITT, Halliburton, and BoeingContinue Reading
“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.” — William Shakespeare The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, Act IV, Scene 7, 1591 “How about moxyvote….How hard was it to post their numbers. I knew they were a piece of crap start up company that could not beContinue Reading
Back when Moxy Vote was little more than an idea on our whiteboard, we drew up a list of influential people who might eventually be interested in this project. One of the names on the list was Eliot Spitzer. Yes, THE Eliot Spitzer, former Governor and Attorney General of New York. In these roles, SpitzerContinue Reading
Here, we muse about proxy voting, corporate governance, our startup experience, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
