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1. McKesson : Board of Directors Releases Findings and Recommendations of Independent Investigation
  
  Explore 4-traders : one website, all markets 18 hours, 33 min ago BoardNews
  
  April 20, 2018 - The Board of Directors of McKesson today released its response to a request from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a McKesson stockholder, that the Board perform an investigation into senior management's and the Board's oversight of McKesson's compliance with its legal and regulatory obligations relating to the distribution of opioids. An independent investigation was performed by a Special Review Committee (SRC) of the Board composed of ...
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2. Kate Hudson: I’m angry There Aren’t Enough Women on Boards
  
  Explore CNBC.com 23 hours, 28 min ago BoardNews
  
  Companies implementing change for gender equality is something Kate Hudson would get behind, the American actress and businesswoman said...
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3. Pinnacle Foods Shares Surge After Activist Investor Jana Takes 9.1% Stake
  
  Explore CNBC.com Apr 20 2018 BoardNews
  
  Activist investor Jana Partners disclosed a 9.1 percent stake in Pinnacle Foods and said it would seek talks with the company on a range of subjects...
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4. ISS backs Cation Capital's Nominations to Crescent Point Board
  
  Explore reuters.com Apr 20 2018 BoardNews
  
  (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Thursday recommended Crescent Point Energy Corp ( CPG.TO ) shareholders vote for activist investor Cation Capital’s two nominations to the oil and gas producer’s board...
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5. 'Losing direction': Allergan Investors are Unhappy After a Wild 4 Hour Takeover Drama
  
  Explore Business Insider Apr 19 2018 BoardNews
  Allergan's stock closed down 4% on Thursday, after the pharma giant said it was "in the early stages of considering a possible offer" for UK-listed Shire, only to say four hours later that it wouldn't make an offer.
  
  The drama extends what's been a tough year for the Botox-maker, with the stock vastly underperforming the broader biotech index...
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6. Wells Fargo Said to be Target of $1 Billion US Fine
  
  Explore CNBC.com Apr 19 2018 BoardNews
  
  Federal regulators are poised to impose a $1 billion penalty on Wells Fargo for a variety of alleged misdeeds, the New York Times reports...
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7. Big Investors Push Harder for More Women Directors
  
  Explore Bloomberg Apr 19 2018 BoardNews
  
  Emboldened by last year’s successful campaigns against excessive executive pay, some of the world’s biggest investors are shifting their focus to women -- or the lack thereof -- on corporate boards...
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8. Allergan and Takeda May Fight Over Shire
  
  Explore The New York Times Apr 19 2018 BoardNews
  
  Wynn Resorts has added three women to its board: Dee Dee Myers, who was a White House spokeswoman in the Clinton administration; Betsy Atkins, an advocate of stronger corporate governance ; and Wendy Webb, a former investor-relations chief for Disney. (Bloomberg). • Deutsche Bank's C.O.O. ...
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9. AutoNation Shareholders Vote Against Split in Chair, CEO Roles
  
  Explore Broward & Palm Beach News, Sports Apr 19 2018 BoardNews
  
  ...who has owned stock in AutoNation since 2000, was rejected by 72 percent of shareholders. Chevedden is an activist shareholder who makes proposals at the nation’s largest companies. He has had some success in getting proposals approved. He couldn’t immediately be reached for comment after the vote because he was not at the meeting. The proposal was made in person by Heather Mar, who did not otherwise identify herself....
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10. P&G to Buy German Merck’s Consumer Unit for $4.2 Billion
  
  Explore Bloomberg Apr 19 2018 BoardNews
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 19, 2018 Procter & Gamble Co. agreed to buy Merck KGaA’s consumer-health business for 3.4 billion euros (US$4.2 billion) to bolster growth, betting that vitamins and decongestants can hasten its comeback...
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11. Marissa Mayer Blames Short-Sighted Activist Investors for Causing Yahoo to Lose out on Tens of Billions of Dollars of Upside by Selling Alibaba Stake
  
  Explore Business Insider Apr 18 2018 BoardNews
  In her first interview since leaving Yahoo, Marissa Mayer said selling the company's stake in Alibaba was a mistake.
  
  Mayer blamed shortsighted activist investors for pressuring the company to do the deal.
  
  Yahoo sold half of its 40% stake in Alibaba for $7.6 billion in 2012. Yahoo obtained the entire stake for $1 billion in 2005.
  
  Before Yahoo was swallowed up by Verizon, it was a struggling internet company led by CEO Marissa Mayer, trying to bring back its glory days...
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12. Credit Suisse : Activist Investor RBR Not a Registered Shareholder in Credit Suisse
  
  Explore 4-traders : one website, all markets Apr 18 2018 BoardNews
  
  ZURICH (Reuters) - Activist investor RBR Capital Advisors, which last year called for Credit Suisse to be broken up, does not hold any registered shares in the bank, both parties said on Wednesday...
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13. Shire Faces Criticism on CEO Pay Policy as Crunch Week Looms
  
  Explore uk.reuters.com Apr 18 2018 BoardNews
  
  (Reuters) - Shire ( SHP.L ), the $47 billion (£33.1 billion) rare disease drugmaker being stalked by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical ( 4502.T ), faces fresh criticism over its executive pay policy from a leading investor advisory group as a crunch week approaches...
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14. Wynn-ex: No sale of Wynn Boston Until board is Overhauled
  
  Explore Home - BostonHerald.com Apr 17 2018 BoardNews
  
  Elaine Wynn, the ex-wife of toppled casino CEO Steve Wynn is urging the company's board of directors to hold off on making any big decisions ... I am also the Company's co-founder, with an interest in fully restoring its reputation and in transforming it into a corporate governance leader,” Elaine Wynn ...
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15. Carl Icahn's Detailed Presentation On 'Rescuing And Revitalizing' Xerox
  
  Explore Stock Market News & Financial Analysis Apr 17 2018 BoardNews
  
  Both the substance of the proposed value-destroying transaction and the conflict-tainted process by which it was hatched are an insult to long-suffering Xerox shareholders and make a mockery of well-established corporate governance norms. Fuji - with the able assistance of Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson ...
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16. Icahn, Deason Step Up Xerox Battle With New Investor Letter
  
  Explore Bloomberg Apr 17 2018 BoardNews
  
  The acrimonious fight over the future of Xerox Corp. looks set to worsen after two of its largest shareholders, activist investor Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, released a report alleging widespread corporate governance failures in the way the company negotiated its $6.1 billion sale to Fujifilm Holdings Corp...
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17. Investors Should Vote Against Top HSBC Executives' Pay - Pirc
  
  Explore uk.reuters.com Apr 17 2018 BoardNews
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Shareholders should reject the executive pay plans of Britain’s biggest bank HSBC ( HSBA.L ), a leading shareholder advisory group said on Tuesday...
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18. One in 10 of Britain’s Biggest Firms Falling Short on Boardroom Gender Targets
  
  Explore Daily Echo Apr 17 2018 BoardNews
  
  One in 10 of Britain’s biggest firms falling short on boardroom gender targets Oil giant BP is among 35 companies being taken to task for failing to meet gender targets (Nick Ansell/PA) 0 comments Oil giant BP and retailer Sports Direct are among 35 of the UK’s biggest companies being taken to task for failing to meet targets to increase the number of women in the boardroom...
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19. Cybersecurity and Disruptive Innovations Top List of Concerns for Corporate Boards in 2018
  
  Explore CNBC.com Apr 17 2018 BoardNews
  
  STAMFORD, Conn., Corporate Board Member, a division of Chief Executive Group and a market leader in board education, along with Spencer Stuart, a global, senior executive search firm, have released the results of the 15th annual What Directors Think survey, which reflects the opinions of more than 200 directors at publicly traded U.S. companies...
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20. Whitestone REIT Mails Letter to Shareholders Highlighting Board’s Significant Industry Expertise and Diverse Perspectives
  
  Explore GlobeNewswire Apr 17 2018 BoardNews
  
  HOUSTON, April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) (“Whitestone” or the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Trustees and management team has sent a letter to shareholders in connection with Whitestone’s upcoming 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2018...
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21. VMware Shareholders are Winning Their Battle to Block Michael Dell's Push for a Reverse Merger
  
  Explore Business Insider Apr 16 2018 BoardNews
  VMware shares soared on Monday on word that Michael Dell is ready to abandon his reverse merger plan between VMware and Dell Technologies.
  
  Shareholders were in open revolt, and Wall Street analysts were openly negative about the prospect of the deal.
  
  Employees weren't thrilled either, and neither were VMware's hardware partners that compete with Dell, according to reports.
  
  The deal would have been huge, and would have given Dell a non-traditional path to going public again...
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22. The Gigantic Sum Facebook Pays for Mark Zuckerberg's Personal Security
  
  Explore The Washington Post Apr 16 2018 BoardNews
  
  The amount, which is high even among CEOs, shot up to $7.3 million last year when he toured every American state...
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23. Shell Defends Climate Strategy in Clash With Investors
  
  Explore reuters.com Apr 16 2018 BoardNews
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell defended its ambition to cut carbon emissions on Monday, urging investors to oppose a shareholder resolution arguing that the oil and gas giant is not doing enough to meet international targets to tackle climate change...
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24. Whitbread Shares Soar as Activist Investor Builds Stake
  
  Explore BBC - Homepage Apr 16 2018 BoardNews
  
  Shares in Whitbread soared almost 7% after it emerged that an activist investor has built a stake to become the largest shareholder in the company. Elliott Advisors confirmed at the weekend that it now holds a stake of more than 6% in Whitbread...
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