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Jack Reed: “In many respects, shareholders are the least powerful people in corporations, and they are, according to corporate…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2011
In many respects, shareholders are the least powerful people in corporations, and they are, according to corporate law--and I will defer to Mr. Pitt and others.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed highlights the powerlessness of shareholders in corporate structures.

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