M&amp;S culls board &#39;to speed up decisions&#39;
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MARKS &amp; SPENCER is to pay a further Â£2 million in compensation to six executives ousted yesterday in a boardroom shake-up aimed at speeding recovery at the high street giant.
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The deadline in the Nasdaq's approach to LSE shareholders to accept its proposed takeover bid approaches.
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The rescue of British bank Northern Rock   could get bogged down in a legal battle as shareholders  criticized the government's handling of the five-month crisis  just as a decision nears.
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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The FT has learned that a meeting on August 15 of state-controlled Swisscom's board of directors and top management did not reach a decision on the deal and instead wanted extra time for due diligence.
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A European Union judge has summoned all sides for a closed meeting today to consider how to handle the decision by two major opponents of Microsoft to drop out of an antitrust case against the company.
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The board, which met this weekend, reportedly expressed concern about regulatory scrutiny.
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LONDON: Marks &amp; Spencer has announced a top-level shake-up, as it revealed a deterioration in trading conditions and posted a first-half profit in line with expectations.
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An antitrust committee was supposed to examine the potential deal on Friday but says '"scheduling conflicts" got in the way.
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A federal judge has delayed for a  week a decision on proposed bankruptcy financing for Trump  Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. DJTCQ.OB so that shareholders  can review the company's finances.
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Bowing to corporate pressure, the group that sets standards for the US accounting industry yesterday postponed by six months its plan to force companies to expense employee stock options.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Equity Research reiterated a &quot;hold&quot; rating on Marsh &amp; McLennan (nyse: MMC - news - people ), saying the Securities and Exchange Commission has requested information regarding transactions with parties in which company insiders or major
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering softening new American corporate governance rules to ease the burden on foreign companies, its chairman said Tuesday.
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SYDNEY - Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp is to consider moves to strengthen its corporate governance, in the face of growing shareholder concern about its relocation to the United States.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer shook up the Manchester United board on Friday, but his financier may have backed out leaving a hostile takeover dead in the water.
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AUGUST 26, 2004  - As expected, the US Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will delay an accelerated filing period for annual reports -- a move expected to help big companies transition more easily to year-end
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The Federal Accounting Standards Board has voted to give companies six more months to meet new rules that would require companies to consider employee stock options an expense.