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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
I do not know of anyone who has come up with a reason, why any company should allow a kind of general freedom for executives to hedge in an engaging derivative transactions.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the lack of justification for allowing executives to hedge their compensation.

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