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  "id": 1480398,
  "title": "SEC to Keep Hands Off Shareholder Proposals, Worrying Activists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sec-to-keep-hands-off-shareholder-proposals-worrying-activists",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:31:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/17/881817.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The top U.S. financial regulator on Friday made permanent its decision to cease judging whether companies may exclude shareholder resolutions from votes at annual meetings, leaving investor activists concerned about diminishing influence. In practice, the change announced by the U.S. …",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}