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muckrake
seek for expose or charge especially habitually corruption real or alleged on the part of public men and corporations
special facts doctrine
special facts doctrine : a doctrine holding that a corporate officer with superior knowledge gained by virtue of being an insider owes a limited fiduciary duty to a
Barnburner
New York about the middle of the 19th century which was hostile to extension of slavery public debts corporate privileges etc and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848 opposed to Hunker
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special meeting
special meeting : a meeting held for a special and limited purpose ;specif : a corporate meeting held occasionally in addition to the annual meeting to conduct only business described in a notice to
stock bonus plan
stock bonus plan : a form of deferred compensation that is funded by employer contributions of corporate securities with dividends usually reinvested
stock option plan
stock option plan : a form of deferred compensation that allows an employee to buy corporate stock at a set price (as the prevailing market price at the time of the contract) at any
stockholder
stockholder : an owner of corporate stock compare bondholder stock·hold·ing n or adj
straight voting
straight voting : a system of voting for corporate directors in which each shareholder may cast one vote for each share of stock owned for each seat
superfund
administers the cleanup of hazardous waste sites through a trust fund (financed by taxes on petroleum, chemicals and corporations), created to pay for cleanup pending reimbursement from liable parties. Source: FindLaw
swap
swap 1 : an exchange of securities 2 : a derivative contract in which two parties (as corporations) agree to exchange rates esp. relating to debt
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