Google hosts its annual shareholder meeting in Mountain View tomorrow, and we're guessing it's going to be one big fat gushy love fest. What's not to love? The company exceeded analysts' first-quarter earnings expectations; the stock has bounced back from winter doldrums -- (it's up more than 40 percent since March 10); and when last we heard from Google management, there were no signs of a sneaky recession dragging on profits.
That's not to say the meeting won't be without controversy. Amnesty International USA is attending (in the place of the New York State Pension Fund, which controls about 720,000 shares of Google), and the human rights group calling for a set of privacy and censorship standards for Chinese operations.
Yahoo's meeting, by contrast, is likely to be a much uglier affair. After delaying the meeting almost as long as legally possible, the company scheduled it for July 3, and shareholders are already gearing up for a bloody battle.
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