CarolKoster
02-26-2004, 02:56 PM
Source: CBS Marketwatch.com
More states line up against Eisner
By Russ Britt, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 5:35 PM ET Feb. 26, 2004
LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Six more state pension funds lined up Thursday to oppose the reelection of Chairman Michael Eisner to the Walt Disney Co. board.
Funds in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia plus the California State Teachers Retirement System have joined the California Public Employees Retirement System in opting to withhold support for the embattled Eisner, according to Bloomberg.
Disney (DIS: news, chart, profile) officials could not be reached for comment.
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Major state pension funds oppose Disney's Eisner
2/26/2004 5:57:33 PM
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By Peter Henderson and Michael Kahn
LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The campaign to unseat Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Chief Executive and Chairman Michael Eisner mushroomed on Thursday as New York and at least three other state pension funds joined California in calling to unseat him.
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More states line up against Eisner
By Russ Britt, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 5:35 PM ET Feb. 26, 2004
LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Six more state pension funds lined up Thursday to oppose the reelection of Chairman Michael Eisner to the Walt Disney Co. board.
Funds in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia plus the California State Teachers Retirement System have joined the California Public Employees Retirement System in opting to withhold support for the embattled Eisner, according to Bloomberg.
Disney (DIS: news, chart, profile) officials could not be reached for comment.
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Another story also from CBS marketwatch.com:
Major state pension funds oppose Disney's Eisner
2/26/2004 5:57:33 PM
(Adds details, stock price)
By Peter Henderson and Michael Kahn
LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The campaign to unseat Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Chief Executive and Chairman Michael Eisner mushroomed on Thursday as New York and at least three other state pension funds joined California in calling to unseat him.
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