1. Vanguard Not Shy About Pressuring Companies

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    Vanguard Not Shy About Pressuring Companies

    Vanguard Group has grown so large, it can throw its weight around in any boardroom in America. "We own about 5 percent of every publicly traded [U.S.] company," sometimes more, chief executive F. William McNabb told a conference at the University of Delaware's John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance on Oct. 30...

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