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Chesapeake Shareholders Boot Two Directors; McClendon Next?

Posted: June 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm

At today’s annual meeting, shareholders of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) voted against retaining incumbent directors V. Burns Hargis, president of Oklahoma State University, and Richard Davidson, former chairman and ...
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Netflix Under Pressure to Change Board Structure (NFLX, EXPE, IACI, FICO, GOOG)

Posted: June 6, 2012 at 12:45 pm

At the company's annual meeting last week, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shareholders voted overwhelmingly to change the way the company’s board is structured. The vote was advisory only, but if ...
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America’s Most Dysfunctional Boards

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Some boards of directors of America’s largest public companies have shown such poor judgment guiding their troubled corporations that they have long stopped being effective. Just recently, the misguided actions ...
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The SEC’s Meaningless Plan To Offer Shareholders More Power

Posted: August 26, 2010 at 5:18 am

The way that board members get elected at public companies is simple. The nominating committee of the board, often friends of the CEO, put the name of current directors or ...
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