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BusinessWeek
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Carl Icahn is leading a charge to replace the board at the Internet icon and push for a deal
Every day it looks more likely that Yahoo! (YHOO) co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo will lose control of the company they built into the Net's first iconic..
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BusinessWeek
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Lawsuits pitting the online classified and e-commerce giants should make prospective partners think hard before seating a rival on the board
Frenemies be afraid. Alliances with would-be competitors can be perilous. Nowhere in techdom is that clearer th..
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BusinessWeek
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The Google CEO's spot on Apple's board could go from awkward to untenable as the search giant's mobile push brushes up against the iPhone
Until now, having Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt sit on Apple's (AAPL) board of directors has made a lot of s..
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Yahoo News
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Rupert Murdoch plans to offer Dow Jones & Co.'s controlling Bancroft family a seat on the board of his News Corp. if News Corp's planned purchase of the publisher of The Wall Street Journal goes through, the newspaper said Monday on its Web site.
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blogs.business2.com
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If Steve Jobs' presence on Disney's (DIS) board helped persuade Robert Iger to risk front loading Disney content on the iTunes Music Store, the gamble seems to have paid off in spades.
In its quarterly earnings report and call, the company told analyst..
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BusinessWeek
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The troubled cell-phone maker agrees to back two board nominations from activist investor Carl Icahn
When Motorola CEO Greg Brown agreed on Apr. 7 to back two of Carl Icahn's nominations to the company's board of directors, it was an admission of defea..
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CNN
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Alitalia's board is meeting Tuesday to discuss the breakdown of takeover talks with Air France-KLM. Air France-KLM on Monday gave Alitalia's unions a chance to reconsider their stance on its withdrawn takeover bid, which it insisted is the only option to..
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CNN
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The board of French bank Societe Generale met Wednesday with its top executive under intense pressure over the loss of €4.82 billion ($7.09 billion) blamed on a single trader. Bank employees were also to convene later in the day, amid fears about the fu..
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MSNBC
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When you have an old car to sell, or plans to hold a fundraiser for a local kid who’s sick, you probably send an e-mail to coworkers instead of posting a notice on a company bulletin board, or actually walking over to a colleague in a nearby cube or off..
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MSNBC
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The board of Citigroup Inc. is scheduled to hold a two-day meeting this week as it weighs candidates, including Citi executive Vikram Pandit, to become chief executive of the largest U.S. bank, a source familiar with situation said on Sunday.
The regul..
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Chicago Tribune
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The board of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. is mulling spinning off several key assets, including the airline's popular frequent-flier program, as directors contemplate shrinking the carrier while substantially increasing its cash stash, United sources..
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BusinessWeek
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Under increasing pressure when it comes to CEOs, boards too often either circle the wagons or pull the trigger rather than take considered action
Some corporate boards miss the signals that it's time to make a change; others act too hastily. And there..
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BusinessWeek
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A group led by Royal Bank of Scotland has come up with an offer for the Dutch bank exceeding Barclays'. ABN's board members must take note
Ever since Amsterdam-based ABN-Amro (ABN) accepted a $91 billion takeover offer from Barclays (BCS) on Apr. 23, R..
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BusinessWeek
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The real estate Web site is wrangling with Arizona regulators about the blurry line between official appraisals and online evaluations
Zillow.com is one of the most popular real estate sites on the Web, but it's not well-liked at the Phoenix headquarte..
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Washington Post
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Billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn disclosed yesterday that he had threatened to nominate a slate of opposing directors to MedImmune's board unless the company put itself up for sale, adding in an interview that the firm suffered from "very lackluster man..
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Denver Post
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Joe Nacchio's attorneys plan to show that he didn't want to sell his Qwest stock in late 2000 and early 2001 but that the board of directors insisted the then-chief executive sell the shares.
The government intends to show, on the other hand, that Nacc..
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BusinessWeek
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The upstart futures exchange has trumped the Chicago Merc in its bid for the Chicago Board of Trade—and the offer could allay antitrust concerns
Barely two months after shaking up the futures-trading world by paying $1 billion to take over the New Yo..
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Forbes
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Imagine that Company A wanted to have a business relationship with Company B, and that it took the step of having the chief executive of Company B come onto its board. Imagine further that the CEO of Company A sits on the board of a third company, and now..
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