proxy
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“Top-heaviness is a proxy for bureaucracy,” explains Michele Zanini, co-founder of the Management Lab.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The analysts’ remarks came after Lululemon on Thursday cut its full-year forecast for the year, following a bruising proxy battle with its founder, Chip Wilson, which management said hurt the company’s reputation and sales.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Strategy, a leveraged Bitcoin proxy play, now trades more than 70% below its 52-week high.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Their mother made Jerry her health proxy and Arnold the executor of her will, forcing in effect their cooperation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
In Skadden, the legal historian Lincoln Caplan describes that early world of takeovers: The winner of a proxy contest was determined in the snake pit.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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