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  • Steven Towns
    If you're like GE's deputy GC & trash proxies still worth reading abt my critical dividend proposal at GE! OK'd by SEC. But GE challenging.
    Jan 24, 11:20 AM •
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      • Steven Towns
        General Electric (GE) and law firm Gibson Dunn up to same game of trying to kill proxy proposals! See my Twitter feed! @ActiveInvesting
        Jan 24, 11:18 AM •
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        • 1980XLS-2.0: Crony Capitalism Lives!
          Jan 24, 12:14 PM
          • Steven Towns
            My research shows GE blowing $ on buybacks, sometimes 2x mkt pps; corp-gov is ATROCIOUS!; dividend not real focus. See http://stks.co/1Tbn
            12/9/11 •
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            • losbronces: CEO is busy playing games in D.C. Kind of like RIMM dropped the ball when the CEOs were trying to buy a hockey team...
              12/9/11
            • 1980XLS-2.0: Yes. http://bit.ly/hFyjLE
              12/9/11
              • Steven Towns
                GE dividend +$.02/sh better than a penny! But insufficient! 2012 maybe big year for div w GE Cap, but shrhldrs must cont be patient. (cont)
                12/9/11 •
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                • JojoPa: I was also expecting something more (.03 at least)...or a one time larger payment alluded to by the CFO (Sherin) a few months ago! Not Happy
                  12/10/11
                  • Steven Towns
                    General Electric effectively buying back stock at $30/share, ~2x current price. http://bit.ly/qrsjVF
                    9/27/11 •
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                    • Hillbilly Stock Star: GE.......too complicated a stock, like oil& gas division, no current position.
                      9/27/11
                    • golfitobob: Don't overlook SZO on big oil rallies. Thinly traded ,but, a winner a few times big for me.............
                      9/27/11
                      • Steven Towns
                        Nintendo $NTDOY.PK (JP 7974) +3% overnight, outpacing recent gains in N225. No more downgrades??? See value take: http://seekingalpha.com/a/5x1m
                        7/8/11 •
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                          • Steven Towns
                            Internet Initiative Japan (IIJI) attractive value & growth, including burgeoning cloud computing in Japan http://seekingalpha.com/a/5to2
                            5/25/11 •
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                              • Steven Towns
                                IIJI $8.60 yen equiv overnight on more iPad-related developments; earnings good & should cont to improve; my past wrk http://bit.ly/eO1elP
                                5/18/11 •
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                                  • Steven Towns
                                    CEO pay: how much is enough, too much? U.S. Proxy Exchange publishes draft say-on-pay guidelines, seeks investor input http://bit.ly/l9KknW
                                    5/16/11 •
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                                      • Steven Towns
                                        Privilege trumps posterity at General Electric (GE) http://bit.ly/mq1dOp
                                        5/5/11 •
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                                          • Steven Towns
                                            GE's e-proxy voting ends today, AGM Weds., must vote "for" cumulative votingg, "no" on pay! See http://bit.ly/eFOos1 & http://bit.ly/ekDaSM
                                            4/25/11 •
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                                              • Steven Towns
                                                ISS goes soft on GE; shame on ISS http://bit.ly/eFOos1
                                                4/23/11 •
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                                                  • Steven Towns
                                                    CRITICAL PROXY REVIEW of GE, implications for all investors, vote "for" cumulative voting; vote ends 4/25! http://bit.ly/ekDaSM
                                                    4/23/11 •
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                                                      • Steven Towns
                                                        CRITICAL PROXY REVIEW of GE implications for all investors, vote "for" cumulative voting, time running out http://bit.ly/ekDaSM
                                                        4/20/11 •
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                                                          • Steven Towns
                                                            IIJI Internet Initiative Japan up big, again, on cloud-related news. No coverage in English. See my past IIJI notes http://bit.ly/eO1elP
                                                            4/19/11 •
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                                                              • Steven Towns
                                                                See CRITICAL PROXY REVIEW of GE w implications for all investors, vote "for" cumulative voting by 4/25 http://bit.ly/ekDaSM
                                                                4/19/11 •
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                                                                  • Steven Towns
                                                                    Down to brass tacks, vote proxy "for" cumulative voting; See CRITICAL PROXY REVIEW of GE, implications for all http://bit.ly/ekDaSM #CorpGov
                                                                    4/17/11 •
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                                                                      • Steven Towns
                                                                        GE shareholders vote proxy "for" cumulative voting; voting ends April 25; See CRITICAL PROXY REVIEW http://bit.ly/ekDaSM
                                                                        4/16/11 •
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                                                                          • Steven Towns
                                                                            IIJI gains due to tie-up annc'd overnight w IBM in cloud cptg. Apparently not covered in U.S. wires. See my past IIJI http://bit.ly/eO1elP
                                                                            4/15/11 •
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                                                                              • Steven Towns
                                                                                GE shareholders vote proxy "for" cumulative voting; < 2 wks left to vote (4/25); See critical proxy review http://bit.ly/ekDaSM $GE #CorpGov
                                                                                4/15/11 •
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