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September 2013

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To Harness Your Power, Consider a Coalition: The story of how the US Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform offers guidance for negotiators seeking to build support for a cause.

“So How Much Do You Make?”" Why a new openness about wages may be affecting job negotiations.
A Deal Blows Up: The Duke-Progress Energy Merger

How Power Affects Negotiators

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According to Dacher Keltner of the University of California at Berkeley and his colleagues , power affects two primary neurological regulators of behavior: the behavioral approach system and the behavioral inhibition system. Powerful individuals demonstrate “approach related” behaviors such as expressing positive moods and searching for rewards in their environment.

A Cash-Out Transaction: Cox Communications

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On August 2, 2004, Barbara Cox Anthony and Ann Cox Chambers, two sisters who together owned 73% of Cox Communications, announced that they wanted to cash out the minority shareholders of their company. Their initial offer was $32 per share, or a 14% premium to the preannouncement trading price of approximately $28 per share.

Blessing or Curse: The Right of Refusal

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When transferring property, sellers sometimes insist on rights of first refusal – the chance to be first in line to repurchase the property if their buyer later decides to sell. Rights of first refusal can be obvious advantages if your financial circumstances later change. If you’re keeping adjoining land, you may wish to protect yourself against the risk of something unattractive being built next door.