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Tag: Board of Directors

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Twitter Presents Musk with Poison Pill

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Following Elon Musk is exhausting. Absolutely exhausting. Driven by an apparently insatiable need for public attention, the latest in an interminable series of headline-grabbing stunts from the CEO (sorry, “Technoking”) of Tesla involves a...

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Twitter Investment Could Get Elon Musk in More Trouble with SEC

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It’s always something with Elon Musk, isn’t it? Once heralded as a visionary innovator, the CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX now appears more interested in burnishing a reputation as a social provocateur. As his personal fortune has grown, the...

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SEC Blesses Nasdaq’s New Rules for Board Diversity

SEC Blesses Nasdaq’s New Rules for Board Diversity

SEC Blesses Nasdaq’s New Rules for Board Diversity

The Securities and Exchange Commission last week approved a request from the Nasdaq stock exchange to enact rules that would prod listed companies to diversify their boards of directors. We previously told you late last year about what Nasd...

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Study Highlights Problematic “Insider Giving”

Study Highlights Problematic “Insider Giving”

Study Highlights Problematic “Insider Giving”

You’ve heard of insider trading in which people buy or sell securities based on information that isn’t available to the public. But what about “insider giving?” According to a new study, it’s all the rage. Unlike insider trading, insider gi...

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Big Oil: Running on Fumes?

Big Oil: Running on Fumes?

Big Oil: Running on Fumes?

Since the first well was drilled, Big Oil has been able to draw from a deep well of political and economic clout. Lately, however, some of the sector’s biggest players have received signals that their reservoir of power isn’t infinite. Take...

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