Boardroom Are you ready for a proxy battle? Sep 06, 2011 By Aarti Maharaj 5 min read ‘I see a strong future for WidgeCo (WIDG) but there are many changes that must be made,’ Ari Sing Starr, president of WIDG tells... Read More
Boardroom Does Zynga stock structure shift power back to boards? Sep 01, 2011 By Matthew Scott 2 min read The board of the largest maker of games played on Facebook last week approved three tiers of stock that give CEO Pincus 70 times... Read More
Boardroom Experts: Investors need more clarity on Jobs and Cook's new roles Aug 29, 2011 By Aarti Maharaj 3 min read Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple’s CEO spurred many talks on the future of leadership at the multinational tech giant. Now that... Read More
Boardroom Are you prepared to engage customers on Facebook? Aug 18, 2011 By Aarti Maharaj 4 min read Facebook is flexing its social media muscles in the face of the mighty pharmaceutical industry. As of last week, most drug... Read More
Boardroom Whistleblowing now just a click away Aug 14, 2011 By Aarti Maharaj 2 min read The Securities & Exchange Commission’s new whistleblower program website is now live. It explains how employees can file tips... Read More
Boardroom Improving efficiency with board portals Aug 09, 2011 By Mary Pat McCarthy 6 min read Even as information security continues to be a significant concern, the use of online portals for hosting board materials and... Read More
Boardroom Ken Bertsch talks society Aug 08, 2011 By Matthew Scott 4 min read After presiding over a successful national conference in June, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ (the... Read More
Boardroom Getting results from board evaluations Aug 03, 2011 By Elizabeth Judd 10 min read When Elaine Weinstein, executive vice president of Mullin & Associates, served on KeySpan’s board, a self-evaluation of the board... Read More
Boardroom Why we need more ethics in business negotiations Jul 26, 2011 By Matthew Scott 3 min read The political gamesmanship that has turned the urgent need to raise the US debt limit into a countdown to the first-ever downgrade... Read More
Boardroom NewsCorp searches for legal help to combat US lawsuits Jul 24, 2011 By Aarti Maharaj 3 min read As NewsCorp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch left the British parliamentary hearing last week to make his way back to the US... Read More