Critic of H&R Blockâs Performance Is Elected to Board
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The move puts more pressure on the company to close its subprime mortgage unit and shed other divisions not tied to the core tax business.
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H&R Block Inc.,  the largest  U.S. income tax preparer, said on Tuesday that it expects to  delay filing its quarterly results with regulators after  turmoil in the subprime mortgage market forced it to write down  assets at its Option One Mortgage Corp. unit.
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Stephen Richards, CFO of security software maker McAfee, joins the board
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The J. Paul Getty Trust said yesterday it had chosen James N. Wood as its new president and chief executive.
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Vodafone picked a successor to long-time finance chief Ken Hydon yesterday and restructured its board in an effort to give chief executive Arun Sarin more operational control of the mobile phone company.
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Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday named Chief Executive Officer and President Kenneth Lewis its chairman effective next year, replacing Charles &quot;Chad&quot; Gifford, who plans to retire.
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The chairman's rent calls into question his ability to build a great company.
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WASHINGTON - Fidelity Investments, the world's largest mutual-fund manager, more than doubled its votes against corporate board nominees this year to object to executive severance packages and director absenteeism.
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Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on Tuesday said it elected Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, to be a director.
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Insurance firm says its board now consists of its new CEO Michael Cherkasky and 10 outside members. NEW YORK  - Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos.
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Rental chain replaces chief executive who was a frequent target of criticism from Carl Icahn.
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Mumbai, Nov. 26: Mukesh Ambani apparently commands the full support of the board on all recent decisions, including the controversial one that elevated him to the âfinal authorityâ in the group.
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THE board of directors of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), in its first meeting after the feud between the Ambani brothers became public, today attempted to soothe investor anxiety by explicitly backing Chairman Mr Mukesh Ambani as the leader of an
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Robert L. Nardelli, Home Depotâs ousted chief executive, loomed large over this yearâs annual shareholder meeting.
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After a hotly debated vote, Ranbir Singh Mahendra has been elected as the new head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, 16-15, ahead of federal agriculture minister Sharad Pawar.
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Sean Harrigan was ousted from his post as president of the $177 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System. In a 3 to 2 vote in San Francisco, the California state Personnel Board pulled Harrigan from Calpers, where he had served for five years. Elected as Calpers board president in February 2003, Harrigan is a longtime union official and an advocate for corporate governance reform. He persuaded institutional investors to withhold votes for Walt Disney's Michael D. Eisner as board chairman, and he led a drive to withhold votes for Safeway chief executive Steven A. Burd while the union was on strike against the company. Ron Alvarado will succeed Harrigan beginning Jan. 1, a board spokeswoman said.
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The ouster of the president of the California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System comes amid a growing backlash against corporate reform, but shareholder advocates expect the move to have little direct effect on the corporate governance movement.