The shares, held by the Church of England's investment bodies, the Church Commissioners and the Church of England Pensions Board, represent 0.005% of News Corp's publicly traded stock.

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It would ban golden handshakes and golden parachutes and would require greater transparency on loans and pensions for executive board members.

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The union, Britain's second biggest, has said it will ask the giant German trade union, IG Metall, to raise the issue of UK workers' pensions with Deutsche Telekom's supervisory board.

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But members are also worried about their pensions and health benefits and do not believe the board's cries of poverty.

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It was intended to educate the small investor by informing them how activists shareholders like hedge funds or pensions were voting on contentious issues like mergers or contested board seats.

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The PGA Tour is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) "business league" governed by a nine-person board that decides on everything from broadcast deals to player pensions.

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