In Its Annual Meeting, Exxon Crushes Shareholder Upsurge: Tillerson Remains Chairman and CEO, Quieting Demands for Alt–Energy Venture  Read more 

Via Suburban Guerrilla, Health plans say they’ll risk losing members to protect profit margins:

United CEO Stephen Hemsley told investors: “We continue to protect our margins. … We are committed to sustaining a quality business without taking shortsighted pricing positions.”

“We will not sacrifice profitability for membership,” WellPoint President and CEO Angela Braly told analysts during a conference call.  Read more 

On the outskirts of D.C., Georgetown hosted a company of your corporate overlords yesterday, there for the occasion of attempted feast on the corpse of public oversight. Yes, you were there. You are the enemy in the view of much of the profit-directed financial realm.

Refreshingly, there is an element of the very, very wealthy who look upon the public more as a partner than an enemy, and they were represented as well, in the following by Warren Buffett.  Read more