Word: populists
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...fellow shareholders and make the case for being able to vote on the firm's compensation practices. Smith's gambit is just the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over executive pay, but this time there's a crucial difference: the pressure isn't coming just from politicians and populist crusaders, but also from big institutional shareholders like mutual funds, pensions and foundations - a constituency companies often find difficult to ignore...
...climbed further to 60%.) In a recent survey, moreover, 42% of Poles identified themselves as being on the right in terms of their economic outlook, as against just 22% on the left. Even some rural areas in northern and western Poland that have traditionally backed the left or the populist right voted for Tusk this time, in the hope that a stronger economy would help improve their lot. Says veteran pollster Krzysztof Zagorski, "People expected Tusk to win, but not by this margin...
...Obama's straight-talk approach has not played as well with crucial white union voters as Clinton's hopeful populist pronouncements, which helped her win neighboring Ohio by more than 10 points. As McCain discovered in Michigan, not too many workers want to hear there's little hope of getting their old jobs back. "If there aren't major policy differences, it's about perceptions, it's about who is feels your pain," said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Stanford Washington Research Group, which tracks economic policy issues. "Hillary is slightly better; she appeals to beer drinkers, Obama appeals...
...Santos of Angola, Armando Guebuza of Mozambique and Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia are all heirs to liberation leaders. They have done their utmost to protect - even support - Mugabe in his battle against the West. So has the Malawian President. None of them have good relations with Tsvangirai - a populist outsider whose way of thinking represents a threat to them...
...look home to la belle France for Sarkozy's dividends from this trip. Since his election last May as a populist, straight-talking President, his appeal has waned. Flash watches and swish sunglasses landed him the nickname "President Bling Bling." Sarkozy's very public romance with Carla Bruni, the former supermodel who he married last month, did little for the reputation of his office. Moreover, much ballyhooed reforms aimed at revving up France's spluttering economy have so far been disappointing, leaving his center-right UMP party humiliated by voters in local elections earlier this month...