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Grant Thornton calls for less repetitive corporate disclosures

While compliance with the Combined Code has improved, Grant Thornton, in the accounting firm's corporate governance review of 2006, said it would like to challenge company directors to resist the temptation to merely repeat disclosures provided previously.
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Companies believe market analysts have work to do

Company executives believe analysts are the most effective market influencers on company market value but a survey by accounting firm, RSM International, found most companies do not think they fully understand their business.

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Briefs .....

The number of board-related shareholder proposals rose by 52% to 166 in 2006, according to Georgeson's review of US annual meetings, shareholder initiatives and proxy contests. corporate governance advisor, Georgeson, suggested that the drop in withhold votes last year was evidence that companies were more willing to comply with institutional investor policy guidelines.

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