EFES PRESS REVIEW - DECEMBER 2007

Our selection / Notre sélection / Nuestra selección
Full press review sorted by dates / Revue complète par dates / Por fecha

  Much new information about employee ownership in December 2007, with 1.059 articles in this press review (on which 361 involving stock options and 187 about workers' cooperatives). We made a selection of  32 remarkable articles in 10 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, UK, USA, South Africa.
The newspaper industry is facing a deep crisis. In the USA, it is now finalized: Eight months after announcing the proposed transaction, billionaire Sam Zell has assumed control of the Tribune Company (21.000 employees, a $8.2 billions deal), and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan will own 100% of Tribune's shares. "It will become the kind of flagship company that United Airlines was for its years as an ESOP" says Corey Rosen, Executive Director of the National Center for Employee Ownership.
France: At the same time, the crisis rebounds in the French biggest newspaper Le Monde. After 6 months, the new Directors resign, being in conflict with employee owners. On the other hand, political debates are continuing about stock options – We want "stock options for all", Prime Minister François Fillon said.
Austria: Discussions about employee ownership, with some good examples in wide Austrian companies, for instance Voestalpine or Oberbank.
Germany: Going to a compromise between SPD and CDU for a new legislation favouring employee ownership.
Latvia: Questions about possible employee ownership schemes for Lattelecom privatization.
Spain: Many employee-owned companies (sociedades laborales) found their origin in rescuing failing enterprises. To face crisis seems easier for employee-owned companies.
United Kingdom: Revision of capital gains tax delayed. It is feared that the Chancellor’s planned changes would see a reduction in shared ownership.
The full press review lists 1.059 articles, on which 403 in the USA, 166 in France, 75 in Argentina, 66 in India, 62 in Germany, 55 in Spain, 51 in UK, 28 in Canada, 27 in Italy, 23 in Australia, 23 in Brazil, 20 in Austria, 14 in Colombia, 9 in South Africa, 5 in China, 3 in Switzerland, 3 in Belgium, 3 in Ireland, 2 in Chile, 2 in Ghana, 2 in Malaysia, and 1 in Bahamas, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Jamaica, Israel, Lebanon, Latvia, Micronesia, Malta, Morocco, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand and Venezuela.
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   Beaucoup d'informations nouvelles sur l'actionnariat salarié en décembre 2007, avec 1.059 articles dans cette revue de presse (dont 361 à propos de stock options et 187 à propos de coopératives de travailleurs). Notre sélection propose 32 articles remarquables dans 10 pays: Autriche, Belgique, Canada, Allemagne, Espagne, France, Lettonie, Grande Bretagne, USA, Afrique du Sud.
La presse est en crise partout dans le monde. Aux USA, la grande affaire de l'année est bouclée: huit mois après son annonce, le milliardaire Sam Zell a pris le contrôle du Chicago Tribune, le numéro 2 de l'édition de presse (21.000 salariés, montant de l'opération 8,2 milliards de dollars), et un plan d'actionnariat salarié (ESOP - Employee Stock Ownership Plan) détiendra 100% des actions. "Un nouveau cas emblématique" pour l'actionnariat salarié aux USA, comme United Airlines l'a été il y a des années, explique Corey Rosen, le Directeur du Centre National pour l'Actionnariat Salarié (NCEO - National Center for Employee Ownership).
France: Au même moment, la crise rebondit chez le plus grand quotidien français Le Monde. Après 6 mois, le nouveau Directoire démissionne déjà, en conflit avec la Société des Rédacteurs, actionnaire de référence du Groupe. D'autre part, la débat politique continue à propos des stock options – nous voulons "des stock options pour tous", annonce le Premier Ministre François Fillon. Nouvelles secousses enfin chez Eiffage où l'actionnariat salarié compte pour 22%.
Autriche: Le débat public continue sur le développement de l'actionnariat salarié, avec quelques bons exemples dans les grands groupes autrichiens comme Voestalpine ou Oberbank.
Allemagne: On approche d'un compromis entre SPD et CDU, les deux grands partis de la coalition dirigée par Angela Merkel.
Lettonie: Questions autour de formules d'actionnariat salarié pour la privatisation en vue de Lattelecom.
Espagne: De nombreuses sociétés de travail associé (sociedades laborales) ont trouvé leur origine dans le sauvetage d'entreprises en difficultés ou en faillite. Pour elles, les crises sont plus faciles à affronter.
Royaume Uni: Report de la révision de l'impôt sur les plus-values (capital gains tax) qui menace de mettre à mal l'actionnariat des salariés.
La revue de presse complète compte 1.059 articles, dont 403 aux USA, 166 en France, 75 en Argentine, 66 en Inde, 62 en Allemagne, 55 en Espagne, 51 en Grande Bretagne, 28 au Canada, 27 en Italie, 23 en Australie, 23 au Brésil, 20 en Autriche, 14 en Colombie, 9 en Afrique du Sud, 5 en Chine, 3 en Suisse, 3 en Belgique, 3 en Irlande, 2 au Chili, 2 au Ghana, 2 en Malaisie, et 1 aux Bahamas, Bulgarie, Chypre, Finlande, Jamaïque, Israël, Liban, Lettonie, Micronésie, Malte, Maroc, Mexique, Paraguay, Pérou, Thaïlande et Venezuela.
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  Muchas nuevas noticias sobre el accionariado asalariado en diciembre 2007, con 1.059 artículos en esta revista de prensa (cuyos 361 artículos sobre stock options, y 187 en torno a las cooperativas de trabajadores). Nuestra selección propone 32 artículos destacados en 10 países : Austria, Belgica, Canadá, Alemania, España, Francia, Letonia, Gran Bretaña, Estados Unidos y Africa del Sur.
La prensa esta en crisis en el mundo entero. En Estados Unidos, el gran negocio del año fue zanjado por el mutlimillonario Sam Zell que tomó el control del Chicago Tribune, el numero 2 de la prensa (21.000 asalariados, coste de la operación 8.2 mil millones de dolares), y un plan de accionariado asalariado (ESOP - Employee Stock Ownership Plan) detendrá el 100% de las acciones. "Un nuevo caso emblemático” para el accionariado asalariado en los Estados Unidos, como United Airlines lo fue hace años, explica Corey Rosen, el Director del Centro Nacional para el Accionariado Asalariado (NCEO - National Center for Employee Ownership).
Francia: Al mismo tiempo, surge la crisis en el mas grande periodico frances Le Monde. Despues de 6 meses, la nueva Direccion dimite, en conflicto con la Sociedad de los Redactores, accionario de referencia del Grupo. Por otra parte, el debate político continua sobre los stock options – queremos « stock options para todos », anuncia el Primer Ministro François Fillon. Nuevas sacudidas en Eiffage donde el accionariado asalariado cuenta con el 22%.
Austria: El debate sigue sobre el desarrollo del accionariado asalariado, con algunos buenos ejemplos en los grandes grupos austriacos como Voestalpine o Oberbank.
Alemania: Se llega a un compromiso entre SPD y CDU, los dos grandes partidos de la coalición dirigida por Angela Merkel.
Letonia: Questiones sobre fórmulas de accionariado asalariado para la privatización de Lattelecom.
España: Numerosas sociedades de trabajo asociado (sociedades laborales) encontraron su origen en el rescate de empreseas en dificultad o en quiebra. Para ellas, las crisis son mas faciles de afrontar.
Reino Unido: Aplazamiento de la revision del impuesto sobre la plusvalía (capital gains tax) que amenaza el accionariado asalariado.
La revista de prensa completa cuenta con 1.059 artículos, cuyos 403 en EEUU, 166 en Francia, 75 en Argentina, 66 en India, 62 en Alemania, 55 en España, 51 en Gran Bretaña, 28 en Canadá, 27 en Italia, 23 en Australia, 23 en Brasil, 20 en Austria, 14 en Colombia, 9 en Africa del Sur, 5 en China, 3 en Suiza, 3 en Belgíca, 3 en Irlada, 2 en Chile, 2 en Malasia, y 1 en Bahamas, Bulgaria, Chipre, Finlandia, Jamaica, Israel, Libano, Letonia, Micronesia, Malta, Marrruecos, Méjico, Paraguay, Peru, Tailandia y Venezuela.

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1. OUR SELECTION / NOTRE SELECTION / NUESTRA SELECCIÓN

   32 selected articles in December 2007 about employee ownership in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, UK, USA, South Africa.

AT*   864 - APA ots news: Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen sind kein Ersatz für ...
             FinanzNachrichten.de - 6. Dez. 2007
             Was aber kann Mitarbeiterbeteiligung tatsächlich leisten und wo gibt es unerwünschte Folgen? Experten/-innen und Praktiker/-innen aus Wissenschaft, ...
AT*   605 - Aktienpaket für Mitarbeiterbeteiligung überzeichnet
             derStandard.at - 13. Dez. 2007
             Linz - Das Aktienpaket für die Mitarbeiterbeteiligung im Rahmen der geplanten Teilprivatisierung der Energie AG Oberösterreich (EAG) durch einen Börsegang ...
BE*   242 - VBO: Nieuw bonussysteem vanaf 1/1/2008: VBO houdt woord en zal ...
             Politics - 21 dec 2007
             "De wet op de werknemersparticipatie van 2001 blijft bestaan. Omdat het nieuwe bonussysteem veel eenvoudiger is, kunnen kmo's er vlot op inspelen. ...
CA*   696 - Coop de travailleurs actionnaires: les effets bénéfiques sont là
             Cyberpresse – 11 déc 2007
             Pourtant, les coopératives de travailleurs actionnaires n’ont que des effets bénéfiques sur les travailleurs, sur l’entreprise et, même, sur la région. ...
CA*   431 - Syndicalisation à la scierie Boisaco : Unisaco réclame un nouveau vote
             Le Soleil - 18 déc 2007
             Des membres d’une coopérative de travailleurs, copropriétaires de l’entreprise où ils travaillent, peuvent-ils se syndiquer? C’est la question que pose la ...
DE*   1050 - Einigung bei Mitarbeiterbeteilung scheint möglich
             Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht - 2. Dez. 2007
             Aus den Worten einzelner Teilnehmer der Koalitionsarbeitsgruppe, die über die Förderung der Mitarbeiterbeteiligung berät, lässt sich nun eine Annäherung ...
DE*   1012 - Merkels Zukunft: Zwischen Mitte und Mindestlohn
             Hannoversche Allgemeine (Abonnement) - 3. Dez. 2007
             Deshalb sei die Mitarbeiterbeteiligung der Arbeitnehmer so dringend. Die Union müsse deutlich machen, dass es ihr um Wohlstand für alle gehe. ...
DE*   401 - Gewinnbeteiligung in Unternehmen - Modelle wie vom Erfolg ...
             Finanzen magazin markt & meinungen - 19. Dez. 2007
             Mitarbeiterbeteiligung ist derzeit ein Lieblingswort von Politikern aller Couleur. Ob Bundespräsident Horst Köhler, Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel oder ...
ES*   57 - «Para las empresas laborales es más fácil afrontar las crisis"
             Diario de Navarra - 29 Dic 2007
             A mitad de los 70, había 14 cooperativas de trabajo asociado de las que la mitad hoy forman parte del grupo Mondragón. A finales de los 70 y principios de ...
ES*   37 - Frenos Iruña, fundador de Anel, un ejemplo de economía social
             Diario de Navarra – 30 Dic 2007
             Frenos Iruña es uno de los miembros fundadores de Anel. Su constitución como Sociedad Anónima Laboral (SAL) se debió, en 1980, más a una necesidad de ...
FR*   804 - Démission surprise du patron d’Eiffage
             Le Figaro - 7 déc 2007
             La pression exercée sur ce quadragénaire par l’actionnariat salarié qui représente 22 % du capital est l’une des explications avancées en interne. ...
FR*   591 - François Fillon veut démocratiser les stock-options
             EasyBourse.com - 13 déc 2007
             (Easybourse.com) Des 'stock-options pour tous' : tel est l'ambition de François Fillon. Le Premier ministre a annoncé hier que le gouvernement entendait ...
FR*   433 - ON ACHÈVE BIEN LES STOCK-OPTIONS .SOURCE LE MONDE
             Patrimoinorama - 18 déc 2007
             Il sera difficile de faire entendre raison au législateur sur le sujet des stock-options tant le débat est doublement pollué par le récent soupçon de délit ...
FR*   371 - Monde: directoire prend appui sur "un prétexte disproportionné ...
             Daily Bourse - 19 déc 2007
             "Le directoire nous dit aussi qu'avec un tel actionnariat salarié +il ne sait pas faire+", at-il dénoncé, estimant que c'était "l'essence même du groupe", ...
FR*   297 - Changement de régime pour les actions gratuites
             Les Échos - 20 déc 2007
             Le durcissement de ces mécanismes ne favorise pas l'actionnariat salarié que les textes récents, et notamment la loi sur le développement et la ...
FR*   231 - Ephraïm Marquer, Directeur de l'AFG
             Actusite - 21 déc 2007
             Censée aidé les Français face à une période de retour d’inflation, la mesure a soulevé la grogne des professionnels de l’épargne salariale. ...
FR*   227 - 3 QUESTIONS A... "Les va-t-en guerre nous ont mis au bord du gouffre"
             Challenges - 21 déc 2007
             Le Monde a toujours été un équilibre fragile entre ses actionnaires salariés et ses actionnaires externes. Il faut retrouver cet équilibre, ...
FR*   146 - Grâce à la SEC, chacun sait combien gagnent grands patrons aux USA
             Le Vif/L'Express - 26 déc 2007
             ... publie désormais sur internet les rémunérations des patrons des 500 premiers groupes américains (salaires, primes, actions, stock-options, etc. ...
FR*   110 - "Le Monde" tente de dénouer sa crise interne
             Challenges - 27 déc 2007
             Une rencontre identique est prévue le 2 janvier "afin de trouver un accord sur les méthodes de fonctionnement entre les actionnaires salariés et les ...
FR*   84 - La presse française subit de graves crises
             nouvelobs.com - 28 déc 2007
             Ce changement conduit également à l'abandon par la Société civile des personnels de Libération (SCPL), qui représente les actionnaires-salariés, ...
LV*   635 - Melngailis holds onto CEO spot, Lattelecom privatization uncertain
             Baltic Times, Latvia - Dec 12, 2007
             Lattelecom executives, led by Melngailis, earlier this year proposed a management-employee buyout that, together with the sale of the state’s stake in LMT, ...
UK*   558 - Revision of CGT changes delayed
             Insurance Daily, UK - Dec 13, 2007
             Fiona Downes, Head of Employee Share Ownership at ifs ProShare, has indicated that a substantial minority of employee shareholders will be disadvantaged ...
US*   761 - Opinion: The Competitive Imperative
             American Venture Magazine, CA - Dec 7, 2007
             Employee ownership is just one response to the challenge of improving American competitiveness, but one that creates the right environment for changes to ...
US*   681 - Employees take ownership at Riverside Mattress
             FayObserver.com, NC - Dec 11, 2007
             ... according to Amy Gwiazdowski of a nonprofit association of such companies in Washington, DC There were 173 employee-owned companies in North Carolina in ...
US*   509 - Employee Ownership Foundation Releases Report on Reasons for ESOP ...
             PR Newswire (press release), NY - Dec 14, 2007
             14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Employee Ownership Foundation today released a final report on the reasons why companies terminate ESOP plans. ...
US*   82 - A Word From The Owner
             Hartford Courant, United States - Dec 28, 2007
             Most of us are not really clear on how this came about, but it apparently involves a guy named Sam Zell and a business thingee called an ESOP. ...
US*   64 - Zell's deals dominated '07 state business news
             Waukegan News Sun, IL - Dec 28, 2007
             ... manage to generate enough revenue to pay down its $13 billion debt load with a comfortable cushion left over for its employee-owners and shareholders. ...
US*   42 - Grocer Grows, Employees Benefit
             Press-Enterprise, CA - Dec 29, 2007
             Yet the employee-owned Houchens, based in a southern Kentucky college town, clings to homespun principles and a more leisurely pace far removed from the ...
US*   4 - A Brave New Year
             Hartford Courant, United States - Dec 31, 2007
             20, the newspaper's parent, the Tribune Co., went from a publicly traded corporation to a private, mostly employee-owned company headed by Chicago ...
US*   2 - Messer's Training And Recruitment Success
             Associated Construction Publications, GA - Dec 31, 2007
             Messer's business plan is based on a 40-year growth model, ensuring a vibrant future for all employee-owners. As company owners, Messer employees recognize ...
US*   1 - ESOP, Zell Take Over at Tribune
             NCEO, California - Dec 31, 2007
             Eight months after announcing the proposed transaction, Sam Zell has assumed control of the Tribune Company. An ESOP will own 100% of Tribune's shares…
ZA*   481 - Standard's BEE sting
             Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - Dec 16, 2007
             The consortium also includes a community trust and an employee share ownership scheme. Tutuwa bought 10% of Standard Bank’s South African operations for R40 ...


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2. FULL PRESS REVIEW / REVUE COMPLETE

Monthly press review covering following items in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese:
Revue de presse sur les thèmes suivants en anglais, français, allemand, espagnol, italien et portugais:

acionistas assalariados - accionariado asalariado - actionnaires salariés - actionnariat salarié - Arbeitnehmerkapitalbeteiligung - azionariato dei dipendenti - azionisti dipendenti - employee buyouts - employee owners - employee ownership - employee share ownership - employee stock ownership - ESOP - financiele werknemersparticipatie - finanzielle Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer - Mitarbeiterbeteiligung - Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung - partecipazione finanziaria dei lavoratori - participación financiera de los trabajadores - participation financière des travailleurs - salariés actionnaires - sociedades laborales - werknemersaandeelhouders - werknemersparticipatie - coopératives ouvrières de production - SCOP - coopératives de travailleurs actionnaires - cooperativas de trabajo - cooperative di lavoro - workers cooperatives - cooperativas de trabalho

Articles are sorted by dates and countries:
Les articles sont classés par dates et par pays:
Los artículos están ordenados por fecha:

US*   1 - ESOP, Zell Take Over at Tribune
             NCEO, California - Dec 31, 2007
             Eight months after announcing the proposed transaction, Sam Zell has assumed control of the Tribune Company. An ESOP will own 100% of Tribune's shares…
US*   2 - Messer's Training And Recruitment Success
             Associated Construction Publications, GA - Dec 31, 2007
             Messer's business plan is based on a 40-year growth model, ensuring a vibrant future for all employee-owners. As company owners, Messer employees recognize ...
US*   3 - Inland Community News briefs: OASIS class registration to begin
             North County Times, CA - Dec 31, 2007
             Sundt Construction is one of the nation's oldest and largest national contractors and is entirely employee-owned with offices in San Diego. ...
US*   4 - A Brave New Year
             Hartford Courant, United States - Dec 31, 2007
             20, the newspaper's parent, the Tribune Co., went from a publicly traded corporation to a private, mostly employee-owned company headed by Chicago ...
US*   5 - INTERNET LAW - Discovery of Employee-Owned Computer Equipment
             IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription), CA - Dec 31, 2007
             Is there a unique value to the ESI stored on employee-owned equipment? Even if it has been established that an employee used personally-owned computer ...
US*   6 - Wal-Mart's Asda bullish on trading in run-up to Christmas
             CNNMoney.com - Dec 31, 2007
             Last week, Waitrose, part of the employee-owned John Lewis partnership, said it achieved record sales at its 187 stores over the weekend prior to Christmas. ...
US*   7 - Another Director Taking Minority Stake In Newly Private Tribune Co.
             Editor & Publisher - Dec 31, 2007
             Zell engineered the $8.2 billion deal to take Tribune private through an employee stock ownership plan. For his investment of $315 million, Zell is getting ...
US*   8 - Charles' First Issues Legal Tender in Ireland
             NumisMaster.com, WI - Dec 31, 2007
             ... ruler of a country or the manager of a business, even if the employees own the business through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan or cooperative. ...
IN*   9 - Idea Cellular grants stock options under ESOS-2006
             Myiris.com, India - Dec 31, 2007
             ... under the `employee stock option scheme-2006` (ESOS-2006), each option being convertible into one equity share of the company upon vesting, ...
IN*   10 - Employee branding: New Mantra to build loyalty
             Economic Times, India - Dec 31, 2007
             This includes employee stock options, year-end bonuses, target achievement rewards, gifts and sponsored holiday overseas. FMCG major Dabur India will dole ...
IN*   11 - Ambuja Cements allots equity shares
             Myiris.com, India - Dec 31, 2007
             The above allotment is pursuant to the options excised by the employees of the company under employee stock options scheme. ...
US*   12 - Farmers often pay too much for health insurance
             DL-Online, MN - Dec 31, 2007
             ... including greater access to government insurance programs, government-sponsored pool insurance, market controls or cost-share options. ...
US*   13 - Cairo seeking room to breathe in desert
             Los Angeles Times, CA - Dec 31, 2007
             As entrepreneurs profit and their employees get high salaries and share options, more people are able to buy property, the argument goes. ...
IN*   14 - NDTV: Shining bright
             Business Standard, India - Dec 31, 2007
             In the September 2007 quarter, it turned in an operating loss of Rs 16.6 crore and a net loss (pre-ESOP) of Rs 22.7 crore, partly because of start-up ...
IN*   15 - NDTV promoters pay Rs 1.9 billion to buy 7.7% from GA Global ...
             Indiantelevision.com, India - Dec 31, 2007
             After doling out ESOPs, the promoter holding would have fallen from 53.2 to 51 per cent. The government regulation asks promoters to hold at least 51 per ...
FR*   16 - Ils l’ont dit dans l’Humanité
             l'Humanité - 31 déc 2007
             Quand il fait semblant de taxer les stock-options, c’est à des taux dérisoires. et les rentiers pour qui la vie est belle. Mais, en même temps, ...
FR*   17 - Genesys : au plus haut depuis 2 ans !
             Boursier.com - 31 déc 2007
             ... annuel compris entre 147 et 148 Millions d'Euros avec un EBITDA 2007 compris entre 27 et 29 ME hors charges de rémunération liées aux stock options. ...
FR*   18 - HOROSCOPE 2008 DE LA FRANCE
             20minutes.fr - 31 déc 2007
             Les cadeaux fiscaux , stock options, scelleront un amour durable avec le pouvoir Travail : Malheureuse en amour , calamiteuse au boulot ! ...
AR*   19 - En la búsqueda de soluciones positivas, eficientes y perdurables ...
              168 Horas (Comunicados de prensa) – 31 Dic 2007
             Argentina (COOPERAR) se brindará asistencia y capacitación a sus asociados en una temática Cooperativa de Trabajo "Ceres" relacionada con los servicios ...
IT*   20 - Appalti - Consorzi e cooperative possono farsi concorrenza
             Consozio Parsifal – 31 dic 2007
             Infatti, ai soggetti facenti parte dei consorzi tra società cooperative di produzione e lavoro, la partecipazione individuale o mediante altri consorzi o ...
US*   21 - Retirement doesn't suit this colonel
             Killeen Daily Herald, TX - Dec 30, 2007
             Camber, a 17-year-old employee-owned company based in Huntsville, Ala., has 20 offices around the country engaged in information technology, ...
US*   22 - Dahlberg oversees a San Diego giant
             San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription), CA - Dec 30, 2007
             ... Corp. in 2004 and chief executive officer in 2003, the company was still entirely employee-owned with annual revenues of less than $6 billion. ...
US*   23 - John Lewis staff to get bonuses averaging more than 2200 stg each ...
             Forbes, NY - Dec 30, 2007
             LONDON (Thomson Financial) - John Lewis is expected to hand record bonuses averaging more than 2200 stg each to its staff after the employee-owned retailer ...
US*   24 - THE TOP 10 LOCAL stories
             Chicago Tribune, United States - Dec 30, 2007
             But Zell prevailed and Tribune, whose print and broadcast outlets include the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, is now employee-owned. ...
BG*   25 - Merrick & Company Wins High Honors for Three Projects
             PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - Dec 30, 2007
             Merrick & Company is an employee-owned professional services firm with headquarters in Aurora, CO. Merrick provides engineering, architecture, design, ...
US*   26 - Taking Stock
             Wausau Daily Herald, WI - Dec 30, 2007
             Ayres Associates, an employee-owned firm with about 425 professionals, has served public and private clients since 1959. ...
AU*   27 - Business losers of 2007
             The Australian, Australia - Dec 30, 2007
             Even so, Mr Fletcher's golden handshake will be worth an estimated $30 million in salary, bonuses and share options. That's a lot of consolation for a loser ...
UK*   28 - Vodafone boss in line for payout
             The Press Association - Dec 30, 2007
             His potential windfall - from shares and share options - has soared in line with the group's share price. Shares in the Newbury-based telecoms giant have ...
UK*   29 - ERP Project Manager Cambridge £40-55k + car, bonus, benefits
             ComputerWeekly.com, UK - Dec 30, 2007
             My superb client is offering a highly competitive remuneration package including share options as well as excellent future career prospects. ...
UK*   30 - Vodafone boss in line for payout
             Grimsby Evening Telegraph, UK - Dec 30, 2007
             His potential windfall - from shares and share options - has soared in line with the group's share price. Shares in the Newbury-based telecoms giant have ...
UK*   31 - Vodafone CEO in Line for US$90 Million Bonus Payout
             Cellular-News, UK - Dec 30, 2007
             The Sunday Times newspaper reports that Sarin could exercise share options worth £10m immediately, although it notes that he has rarely sold shares in a ...
UK*   32 - Retail round up - The Sunday Papers
             Retail Bulletin, UK - Dec 30, 2007
             Sarin could exercise share options worth £10m immediately. Depending on whether he meets performance targets, he could cash in the lot if he stays around ...
IN*   33 - Towards global accounting norms
             Economic Times, India - Dec 30, 2007
             ... and they are not merely restricted to the Companies Act. For example, SEBI rules on accounting for ESOPs, mutual funds, quarterly disclosures, etc., ...
IN*   34 - New emerging sectors luring away executives from IT sector
             Economic Times, India - Dec 30, 2007
             It was chaotic but very challenging offering fantastic growth with tremendous pay offs (remember ESOPs). “Infrastructure is exactly at the same stage as ...
FR*   35 - Le plan de sauvetage de la Caisse Solidaire Nord - Pas-de-Calais ...
             Les Échos (Abonnement) - 30 déc 2007
             L'établissement compte par ailleurs sur une forte relance de sa collecte solidaire à travers l'épargne salariale, qui pourrait apporter 2 millions d'euros à ...
FR*   36 - L’année 2007 se termine, 2008 va débuter... Bonne année?
             Bellaciao – 30 déc 2007
             et notamment, son passage sur les SCOP. C’est un vrai sujet, il faut y travailler concrètement. Et puis nous devons agir aussi, chacune et chacun à notre ...
ES*   37 - ES Frenos Iruña, fundador de Anel, un ejemplo de economía social
             Diario de Navarra – 30 Dic 2007
             Frenos Iruña es uno de los miembros fundadores de Anel. Su constitución como Sociedad Anónima Laboral (SAL) se debió, en 1980, más a una necesidad de ...
AR*   38 - Buscan un acuerdo pesquero patagónico
             Diario de Madryn - 30 Dic 2007
             ... asegurando que "nosotros queremos que el trabajador esté registrado, nosotros nunca avalamos las cooperativas de trabajo porque eso es trabajo en negro. ...
DE*   39 - ''Der Aufschwung kommt an''
             Tagespiegel – 30. Dez. 2007
             Die Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung am Erfolg ihrer Firma muss im nächsten Jahr verwirklicht werden. Beide Koalitionspartner haben jeweils für sich Eckpunkte ...
US*   40 - Zell deals highlight Illinois’ 2007 business
             Galesburg.com, IL - Dec 29, 2007
             ... manage to generate enough revenue to pay down its $13 billion debt load with a comfortable cushion left over for its employee-owners and shareholders. ...
US*   41 - A 'commission' on bad-idea sales
             Georgetown News Graphic, KY - Dec 29, 2007
             For example, the Bowling Green-based Houchens Industries Inc. has grown to become the country's largest employee-owned company. ...
US*   42 - US Grocer Grows, Employees Benefit
             Press-Enterprise, CA - Dec 29, 2007
             Yet the employee-owned Houchens, based in a southern Kentucky college town, clings to homespun principles and a more leisurely pace far removed from the ...
UK*   43 - Thrilled to be on list of honours
             Sunderland Echo, UK - Dec 29, 2007
             Margaret founded the employee-owned Sunderland Home Care Associates 13 years ago, and it is now one of the largest employee-owned home care companies in the ...
US*   44 - Making a Resolution to Find a New Job in 2008?
             PR Web (press release), WA - Dec 29, 2007
             Jobing.com is a privately held, employee-owned company, funded by investors Great Hill Partners and JMI Equity. The company currently serves communities in ...
US*   45 - Grattan Gray: A leader at family's paper
             Detroit Free Press, United States - Dec 29, 2007
             ... he would lead a major expansion of the Monroe Evening News, usher it into the digital age and reconfigure it as an employee-owned shop. ...
CA*   46 - Tembec union group supports debt restructuring plan
             Montreal Gazette, Canada - Dec 29, 2007
             "I think the directors and management gave away the company to the unsecured bondholders and wiped out all the shareholders and the employee-shareholders ...
US*   47 - Zell deals highlight Illinois’ 2007 business
             Galesburg.com, IL - Dec 29, 2007
             While it’s too soon to call Zell a loser in the deal, especially since he has invested only $315 million while Tribune’s employee stock ownership plan ...
US*   48 - Grattan Gray: A leader at family's paper
             Detroit Free Press, United States - Dec 29, 2007
             And believing that newspapers should belong to a community, he pushed through an employee stock ownership plan in 1994. Mr. Gray was a US Navy veteran of ...
US*   49 - Honorable Mention: Scott McGregor
             Orange County Business Journal, CA - Dec 29, 2007
             McGregor had to deal with another matter in 2007: Broadcom’s probe of misdated employee stock options that were granted before his arrival. ...
UK*   50 - Vodafone chief’s £45m bonanza
             Times Online, UK - Dec 29, 2007
             Sarin could exercise share options worth £10m immediately. Depending on whether he meets performance targets, he could cash in the lot if he stays around ...
IN*   51 - Apollo Sindhoori to raise Rs 36.6 cr
             Sify, India - Dec 29, 2007
             In an announcement to the stock exchanges, the company has further said that it would offer 3.87 lakh shares to employees as ESOPs. ...
US*   52 - back but
             Monroenews.com, MI - Dec 29, 2007
             I follow a person of rare intellectual capacity, someone who taught himself so many things, from electronics to ESOPs, that he took it for granted everyone ...
FR*   53 - Les conducteurs de train allemands annoncent de nouvelles grèves
             Bellaciao - 29 déc 2007
             Au lieu de cela, l’accord ne renfermerait que des détails mineurs, « à savoir si le taux de l’épargne salariale doit être augmenté ou rester inchangé. ...
FR*   54 - Les PATRONS français parmi les mieux payés et les plus... incompétents
             Indymedia Paris Île-de-France - 29 déc 2007
             ... de retraites chapeau, de stock-options et de parachutes dorés, mais pour la compétence, visiblement, il faut croire que ce n'est pas le cas non plus ! ...
ES*   55 - La Consejería de Empleo oferta 2.300 cursos para actualizar los ...
             Terra España - 29 Dic 2007
             ... los que se van a realizar 92 acciones formativas dirigidas a la formación de socios trabajadores y de trabajo de cooperativas y sociedades laborales. ...
CO*   56 - Salario mínimo y canasta familiar
             Nova Colombia - 29 Dic 2007
             No se quisieron tener en cuenta las propuestas de eliminación de la intermediación laboral de las llamadas Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado, ...
ES*   57 - ES «Para las empresas laborales es más fácil afrontar las crisis"
             Diario de Navarra - 29 Dic 2007
             A mitad de los 70, había 14 cooperativas de trabajo asociado de las que la mitad hoy forman parte del grupo Mondragón. A finales de los 70 y principios de ...
ES*   58 - José Carlos Jiménez PRESIDENTE DE CAMBIO INTEGRAL CONSULTORES SCA ...
             Diario Córdoba (España) - 29 Dic 2007
             Lo que hemos hecho ha sido un diagnóstico de la situación societaria y fiscal de las cooperativas de trabajo asociado andaluzas. ...
ES*   59 - Sinaltrainal, 25 años caminando por Colombia
             kaosenlared.net - 29 Dic 2007
             En 1966 incursionamos en el campo cooperativo fundando y desarrollando en sus inicios la Cooperativa de trabajadores de Cicolac e Inpa –Cocicoinpa- y en el ...
DE*   60 - Jobmotor Mittelstand: Wenn Hidden Champions die Konjunktur ankurbeln…
             Crosswater Systems - 29. Dez. 2007
             ... ein sehr erfolgreiches ganzheitliches Konzept entwickelt, das auf drei Säulen fußt: Unternehmenskultur, Mitarbeiterbeteiligung und technische Expertise. ...
DE*   61 - Döring mit Sympathie für Austermann-Idee
             WELT ONLINE - 29. Dez. 2007
             Es müssten aus SPD-Sicht aber wichtige Fragen geklärt werden: «Was geschieht mit der Mitarbeiterbeteiligung, wenn das Unternehmen insolvent wird? ...
US*   62 - American Capital Strategies From the Outside In
             Law.com (subscription), CA - Dec 28, 2007
             Malon Wilkus, our founder -- who is still our very active president, CEO and chairman -- was a pioneer in the employee ownership area. ...
AU*   63 - Liberalism the right recipe for economic modernism and leadership
             The Australian, Australia - Dec 28, 2007
             This means pursuing ideas -- such as employee share ownership -- that give people a stake in their work environments and bring people back into the ...
US*   64 - US Zell's deals dominated '07 state business news
             Waukegan News Sun, IL - Dec 28, 2007
             ... manage to generate enough revenue to pay down its $13 billion debt load with a comfortable cushion left over for its employee-owners and shareholders. ...
US*   65 - Cianbro's CEO to become first nonfamily member on board
             Boston Globe, United States - Dec 28, 2007
             The employee-owned company has more than 2000 workers in 15 states and annual sales of $425 million. All three moves take place on Jan. 1.
US*   66 - Cianbro names president, CEO
             Bangor Daily News, ME - Dec 28, 2007
             Cianbro is an employee-owned company based in Pittsfield with gross annual sales in excess of $425 million and more than 2000 workers. ...
US*   67 - Boomers preparing to sell businesses
             Tallahassee.com, FL - Dec 28, 2007
             Employees may be interested in taking over the enterprise through a leveraged buyout, or if there is employee stock ownership, through acquiring the ...
US*   68 - YOUR MONEY: Good as goaled: a new approach
             Quad City Times, IA - Dec 28, 2007
             ... an emergency fund, build your retirement plan, add to your employee stock ownership plan, or bolster your holdings in a favorite stock or mutual fund. ...
US*   69 - American Capital Strategies From the Outside In
             Law.com (subscription), CA - Dec 28, 2007
             It was founded as a boutique investment banking firm, specializing in employee buyout transactions, which used employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs. ...
US*   70 - CEOs: The Winners and Losers of 2007
             FOX News - Dec 28, 2007
             ... since Zell agreed to invest $315 million, while the bulk of the company’s debt is taken on by Tribune’s employee stock ownership plan. ...
US*   71 - Zell's deals dominated '07 state business news
             Waukegan News Sun, IL - Dec 28, 2007
             While it's too soon to call Zell a loser in the deal, especially since he has invested only $315 million while Tribune's employee stock ownership plan ...
US*   72 - Aledo’s Mercer Market gets new owner
             Quad-Cities Online, IL - Dec 28, 2007
             They also will continue to be employee stockholders as before. Mr. Tennant officially takes over the store Dec. 31. Country Market stores focus on excelling ...
US*   73 - American Capital Strategies From the Outside In
             Law.com (subscription), CA - Dec 28, 2007
             It was founded as a boutique investment banking firm, specializing in employee buyout transactions, which used employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs. ...
US*   74 - American Capital Strategies From the Outside In
             Law.com (subscription), CA - Dec 28, 2007
             The employee buyouts were complicated, and our greatest challenge in ESOPs was getting enough capital to do the transaction. Malon really wanted a fund to ...
US*   75 - American Capital Invests in the One Stop Buyout(TM) of NECCO
             CNNMoney.com - Dec 28, 2007
             American Capital, both directly and through its global asset management business, is an investor in management and employee buyouts, private equity buyouts, ...
US*   76 - George Soros ups his stake in Cirrus Logic
             Bizjournals.com, NC - Dec 28, 2007
             The SEC is investigating irregularities in the company's employee stock option program. Cirrus Logic recently completed its own investigation and concluded ...
IN*   77 - FBT on ESOPs clarified
             Sify, India - Dec 28, 2007
             ... Circular No 9/2007 dated December 20, 2007, has issued FAQs clarifying various issues relating to Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on Employee Stock Options. ...
US*   78 - Zhi Tan, David Ying Zhang elected board directors of Focus Media
             Trading Markets (press release), CA - Dec 28, 2007
             The meeting also approved the 2007 Employee Share Option Plan and authorized officers to allot, issue or deliver shares in terms of the Plan. ...
CA*   79 - SKOR Food Group reports 2007 financial results
             CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - Dec 28, 2007
             SKOR announces that the Directors of the corporation were collectively granted a total of 300000 share options on Dec. 28/07 having an exercise price of ...
ZA*   80 - Jackie's smuggler pal pitches up in Jo'burg - Hijacked by Imperial ...
             Noseweek, South Africa - Dec 28, 2007
             Mr Nose would also love to know what share options were traded while the investigation was on the go – Tiger executives certainly had a much better idea of ...
DE*   81 - Sistema Launches Share Option Programme
             WELT ONLINE, Germany - Dec 28, 2007
             A total of up to 20000 Sistema phantom share options, up to 996000 MTS phantom share options, up to 1190500 Comstar phantom share options, ...
US*   82 - US A Word From The Owner
             Hartford Courant, United States - Dec 28, 2007
             Most of us are not really clear on how this came about, but it apparently involves a guy named Sam Zell and a business thingee called an ESOP. ...
IN*   83 - FBT on ESOPs clarified
             Sify, India - Dec 28, 2007
             There are still certain issues which may pose a challenge for both employers and employees in respect of FBT on ESOPs. Here are a few of them: Whether ...
FR*   84 - FR La presse française subit de graves crises
             nouvelobs.com - 28 déc 2007
             Ce changement conduit également à l'abandon par la Société civile des personnels de Libération (SCPL), qui représente les actionnaires-salariés, ...
FR*   85 - La riposte ou la révolution ?
             Bellaciao - 28 déc 2007
             On peut s’y attaquer dès aujourd’hui, en favorisant le développement des coopératives, les SCOP (Sociétés Coopératives Ouvrières de Production). ...
FR*   86 - Benoît XVI a touché le cœur de Naples
             Eucharistie Sacrement de la Miséricorde - 28 déc 2007
             Des coopératives de travail et des ateliers informatiques sont en train de naître. Il y en a déjà trente en activité dans les paroisses, nous comptons ...
FR*   87 - Clôture Paris : le CAC40 termine stable
             Boursier.com - 28 déc 2007
             Rappelons que le résultat opérationnel courant avant stock options a été très fortement revu à la hausse à au moins 12% du chiffre d'affaires, ...
FR*   88 - L'UMP veut des primes de résultat dans les entreprises bénéficiaires
             Challenges - 28 déc 2007
             L'UMP compte encore proposer "la généralisation des stock-options à tous les salariés des entreprises cotées". Le parti veut faire ces propositions "dans la ...
FR*   89 - Al Gore hors de prix : une vérité qui démange...
             Notre-Planète.Info - 28 déc 2007
             Al Gore détient un stock options de 30 millions de dollars de Google et de 6 millions d’Apple. Le prix Nobel, réparti avec les Nations Unies, fut couronné ...
AR*   90 - «LAS DROGAS CAUSAN ESTRAGOS EN MUCHOS BARRIOS DEL PARTIDO»
             El Diario de Morón - 28 Dic 2007
             -Nosotros tenemos que trabajar por las nuestras, el concejal también tiene que hacer proyectos para generar empleo, fomentar cooperativas de trabajo es una ...
ES*   91 - Una solución de empleo: crear una cooperativa
             20 minutos - 28 Dic 2007
             Se llama COCETA (Confederación Española de Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado) y está formada por organizaciones ubicadas en cada Comunidad Autónoma española. ...
AR*   92 - Trabajadores de planes de vivienda esperan reunirse con el ...
             Puntonoticias - 28 Dic 2007
             ... las Cooperativas de Trabajo, el Colegio de Técnicos, la Cooperativa de Técnicos, la Secretaría de Extensión de la UNMDP, la Secretaria de Extensión de ...
AR*   93 - Intiman al Gobierno de Neuquén a dar información pública
             Diario Judicial - 28 Dic 2007
             ... la Cooperativa de Trabajo (8300) y el Sindicato de Prensa de Neuquén, con el patrocinio de la Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC). ...
DE*   94 - Kritik an Kopfgeld für Arbeitsplatzvernichtung
             imzoom.info - 28. Dez. 2007
             Die Forderung nach einem generellen Verbot von "Stock Options" - Vorzugsaktien für ManagerInnen bei Erreichen eines bestimmten Börsenkurses der ...
AT*   95 - Aktienoptionen lassen Manager-Gagen explodieren
             derStandard.at - 28. Dez. 2007
             Während die Gagen in den oberen Etagen vor allem wegen steuerlich begünstigter Stock Options explodieren, gleichen die Gehaltserhöhungen bei den ...
DE*   96 - GPA-DJP-Katzian: Managergehälter an sinnvolle Anreizsysteme binden
             Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) - 28. Dez. 2007
             ++++ Stock-Options-Programme sollten durch sinnvolle Anreizsysteme ersetzt werden. Dies könnten soziale und ökologische Kriterien sein, ...
AT*   97 - Studie: Managergehälter stiegen um 14,1 Prozent
             ORF.at - 28. Dez. 2007
             ... steuerlich begünstigter Stock-Options explodieren, gleichen die Gehaltserhöhungen bei den Mitarbeitern kaum die steigenden Lebens- und Wohnkosten aus. ...
AT*   98 - AK: Ein Manager verdient wie 41 Beschäftigte
             OÖNachrichten - 28. Dez. 2007
             Besonders ärgerlich aus Sicht der Arbeiterkammer: Hauptgrund für die explodierenden Top-Gagen sind Stock-Options, die seit 2001 in Österreich steuerlich ...
BR*   99 - Juiz manda Unimed manter internação de segurada
             Última Instância - 28 Dez 2007
             ... e determinou à Unimed Goiânia - Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico que continue a manter seu tratamento e internação na Clínica de Repouso Pax Psiquiátrica. ...
US*   100 - Roanoke contractor expands into north
             Roanoke Times, VA - Dec 27, 2007
             Branch Group employs 800 people statewide. It is 100 percent employee owned through an employee stock ownership plan that began in 1982.
US*   101 - Mega-builder Phipps opens NoCo office
             Northern Colorado Business Report, CO - Dec 27, 2007
             Phipps, an employee-owned company, has revenues over $200 million making it one of Colorado's largest contractors and one of the nation's top 400 ...
US*   102 - Kehe Food Distributors Chooses iWay Software for Real-Time ...
             Supply Chain Market (press release), PA - Dec 27, 2007
             Kehe Food Distributors Inc. is an employee-owned company, headquartered in Romeoville, IL, which distributes specialty, gourmet, natural & organic, ...
ES*   103 - John Lewis week to Dec 22 dept store sales up 6.1 pct UPDATE
             FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market, Spain - Dec 27, 2007
             The employee-owned retailer said demand for iPods, eframes, beauty, lingerie, cashmere and decorations boosted sales. John Lewis also said it expects a ...
US*   104 - Roanoke contractor expands into north
             Roanoke Times, VA - Dec 27, 2007
             Branch Group employs 800 people statewide. It is 100 percent employee owned through an employee stock ownership plan that began in 1982.
US*   105 - Meridian Interstate Bancorp, Inc. Announces Conclusion of ...
             CNNMoney.com - Dec 27, 2007
             ... and community offerings totaling approximately 6837075 shares ($68370750), not including shares to be purchased by the employee stock ownership plan. ...
US*   106 - Naomi Klein Takes Down the Shock Therapy Quacks
             Freezerbox - Dec 27, 2007
             ... but a positive "radical vision for huge state-run companies…to break away from governmental control and become democratic workers' cooperatives. ...
IN*   107 - Reliance may announce big salary hikes today
             Livemint, India - Dec 27, 2007
             The company had recently implemented an employee stock options scheme, which gives the option to eligible employees to purchase the company’s shares. ...
IN*   108 - Wipro allots 38510 equity shares of Rs 2 under WESOP
             Sify, India - Dec 27, 2007
             ... that it has decided to issue and allot 38510 equity shares of Rs 2 each to its eligible employees under the Wipro Employee Stock Options Plan (WESOP). ...
US*   109 - Focus Media Announces Shareholder Resolutions Adopted at 2007 ...
             FOX News - Dec 27, 2007
             Approval of the 2007 Employee Share Option Plan and the authorization of officers to allot, issue or deliver shares pursuant to the 2007 Employee Share ...
FR*   110 - FR "Le Monde" tente de dénouer sa crise interne
             Challenges - 27 déc 2007
             Une rencontre identique est prévue le 2 janvier "afin de trouver un accord sur les méthodes de fonctionnement entre les actionnaires salariés et les ...
FR*   111 - Quel rapport entre la cosmétique et (...)
             Bakchich (satire) - 27 déc 2007
             Il propose que dorénavant les salariés puissent dépenser leur épargne salariale et racheter leurs RTT. L’application de cette mesure ne ferait pas augmenter ...
FR*   112 - Russie - Entre répression étatique et capitalisme sauvage
             Le Jura Libertaire - 27 déc 2007
             Du jour au lendemain, de grands trusts industriels soviétiques devenaient en quelque sorte des coopératives ouvrières dont les seuls travailleurs et ...
FR*   113 - L’assurance vieillesse toujours dans le rouge