Thomas DiNapoli
FILE- This Oct. 28, 2009, file photo, shows a Chesapeake drilling rig near Bessie, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) - A Chesapeake drilling rig near Bessie, Okla. Chesapeake investors, including Carl Icahn, want directors ousted. | Sue Ogrocki/AP
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Like you, I am pained to watch our investment free-fall as shares plummet to lows not seen even during the recent financial crisis
In my view, there needs to be an evaluation of the entire board's competence and performance, including an assessment of whether the current directors have the necessary skills and attributes to continue to oversee the company
When it's handled right, it is an opportunity at the local level to have a more coordinated effort for jobsMore quotes »
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McMahon: Taxpayers lose in pension gamble
During New York 's Tier 6 pension-reform fight earlier this year, public employee unions claimed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wanted to "let Wall Street gamble" with pension money.Last week brought a reminder of who's really rolling the dice. State Comptroller T 5/30/12 Read more »
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NY Sleepy's investment was $12.9M, DiNapoli says
New York State's pension funds have invested $12.9 million in mattress retailer Sleepy's, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced today.Speaking inside the company's cavernous warehouse in Hicksville, DiNapoli said he is confident the state will reco Read more »
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Brightwaters to hold special meeting on budget
The Brightwaters board of trustees will hold a special meeting Thursday night to amend the villages 2012-13 budget at the recommendation of the office of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.The board passed the budget earlier this month with a $14 Read more »
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DiNapoli: Most schools stay within tax cap
ALBANY -- The majority of school districts in the state have proposed property tax increases that stay within the tax cap enacted last year, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday.Though the law capped annual increases at the lesser of 2 perc Read more »
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DiNapoli blocks dubious state tax refunds
The state comptroller's office has halted $16.4 million in personal state income tax refunds, saying it has found 5,903 improper returns among those filed so far this year.Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said his office has audited and approved 4.7 million r Read more »
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State report: Rochester delivers strong job growth
— New York has regained nearly 95 percent of jobs it lost during the recession, a report Wednesday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. The state added more than 312,000 jobs over the past two post-recession years, accounting for 94.6 percent of the 5/30/12 from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Read more »
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ExxonMobil stockholders reject LGBT protections
is shameful that ExxonMobil forces its shareholders to push it to be an equitable employer,” said New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who lobbied for the resolution. New York State's pension fund holds approximately 16.2 million shares of ExxonMobil 5/30/12 from Miami Herald Read more »
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DiNapoli: State’s Economic Recovery Uneven
York has regained nearly 95 percent of jobs the state lost during the recession, a report released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found. The state added more than 312,000 jobs over the past two post-recession years, accounting for 94.6 percent of the from Albany Watch Read more »
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N.Y. comptroller, shareholders again ask Chevron to settle
YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli continues to put pressure on Chevron Corp. to settle an ongoing legal battle with a group of Ecuadorians suing the company. On Friday, DiNapoli joined 39 other investors from the United States, from Legal NewsLine Read more »
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UPDATE 1-NY pension fund urges no vote on Chesapeake directors
two members of the natural gas producer's board of directors. In a letter issued on Tuesday, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said withholding votes from board members V. Burns Hargis and Richard K. Davidson was a "necessary first step toward reconstituting from Reuters Mobile Read more »
