Sentences with phrase «issues at board»

How can companies become internationally competitive when there is virtually no one capable of understanding technological issues at board level, let alone competent to promote them?

«The management brings up these issues at each board meeting.»

If your board is considering making New Year's Resolutions for 2018, here's one: Discuss at least one legislative proposal or issue at every board meeting.

EdSource reported that the State Board may take up the issue at the board's next meeting, in January or March.

Sereda says the next step is dealing with the compensation issue at the board level at public companies.

Not exact matches

British bank Barclays recently started issuing exchange - traded notes on the NYSE Arca exchange (similar to ETFs, only they are derivatives guaranteed by the bank rather than invested in the underlying securities) that track a Women in Leadership index of U.S. companies whose CEOs are women or whose boards are at least one - quarter female.

It's very common that low or mid impact issues are discussed at length at the start of the meetings and key issues are rushed in the final 20 minutes of a board meeting when people are tired or in a hurry to get to the next board meeting.

At issue is a maneuver made in June 2016, when Kalanick gave himself the absolute right to appoint three open board seats.

The board, however, is still in the habit of issuing options to buy 10 shares at the market price, in this case $ 20.

Then, at a predetermined time, everyone in the business commits a little bit of time to address every issue on the «DRIVES ME CRAZY» board.

The former chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley (ms) has been tangled up in issues at LendingClub (lc), the online lending company where he has sat on the board since 2012.

Shares in junior miner Excelsior Gold were pummelled today after the company's new board revealed the full extent of operational issues at its flagship Kalgoorlie North mine.

According to the National Labor Relations Board complaint, Tesla violated workers» rights by requiring them to sign a confidentiality agreement that could bar them from talking about their working conditions and safety issues at the company's facility in Fremont, California.

BOSTON, March 28 - A member of a Harvard University oversight board made a rare public call for the school to divest itself from fossil fuel stocks, a move that shows continuing divisions on the issue as a new president takes over at the institution and its leading $ 37.1 billion endowment.

He studied at Harvard Business School and has also held a number of community related board positions including Chair of the Board of Leadership WA and The Big Iboard positions including Chair of the Board of Leadership WA and The Big IBoard of Leadership WA and The Big Issue.

«To date, the candidates have focused more on issues that will hurt small business than on those that will grow small business,» says USHCC Board Chair David C Lizà ¡ rga in a press release received at inc.com HQ.

The pricing issue, which has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice, and Chairman Robert Coury's nearly $ 100 million pay package last year have caused a group of investors to launch an effort to vote down the company's board at its annual meeting on Thursday.

At an all - staff meeting to reveal the results of attorney Eric Holder's investigation into Uber's cultural issues, TPG founding partner and Uber board member David Bonderman made a sexist joke about how women talk too much.

Rite Aid's board should prepare to take some heat over concerns about board member independence and other issues at its annual shareholders meeting this week.

Early on Wednesday, the board issued a statement saying, «The Board of Directors held a meeting Wednesday, October 29 at 8 am and decided unanimously to remove Christopher A. Viehbacher as Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi,» after six years of serboard issued a statement saying, «The Board of Directors held a meeting Wednesday, October 29 at 8 am and decided unanimously to remove Christopher A. Viehbacher as Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi,» after six years of serBoard of Directors held a meeting Wednesday, October 29 at 8 am and decided unanimously to remove Christopher A. Viehbacher as Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi,» after six years of service.

At J.Crew, CEO and Chairman Millard Drexler waited seven weeks to inform the board of his discussions to sell the company, exposing the often - overlooked issue that many corporate boards do not enforce internal transparency.

When we look at the data globally, we often see the research and attention on women at the top or on the board, but the biggest issue is really the drop - off at the middle - management stage, where women leave at about twice the rate men do.

At the moment, the only board member responsible for overseeing this crucial issue is director John Charlesworth, the «food safety liaison» on the audit committee.

Those board members need to come to meetings prepared, attentive and ready to engage in discussion, so they can uncover issues at the company before they become problems.

Below, they identify the issues that are expected to make headlines and to keep board committees up at night.

In August 2012, to create incentives for continued long - term success from the then - recently launched Model S program as well as from Tesla's then - planned Model X and Model 3 programs, and to further align executive compensation with increases in stockholder value, the Board granted to Mr. Musk a stock option award to purchase 5,274,901 shares of Tesla's common stock (the «2012 CEO Performance Award»), representing 5 % of Tesla's total issued and outstanding shares at the time of grant.

The post-Board statements I issued each month at successive meetings said that the Board viewed the stance of monetary policy as remaining appropriate for the outlook.

Even when a company's board of directors is fully informed of and authorizes a self - dealing transaction — which is not the case with the transactions at issue here — the transaction must not be unfair to the company, either as a matter of process or price.

Operations at NBRS Financial Bank have been fairly normal since April 7 when the Federal Reserve Board of Governors issued an Prompt Corrective Action Directive to the community bank serving Harford and Cecil counties, NBRS President Hugh J. Garchinsky...

Boards can avoid these issues by clarifying expectations at the outset.

Duggan, at the same news conference, took issue with Rhodes» concern that it is a possible conflict of interest for the mayor and a member of the city council to have a seat on a nine - member, state - created oversight board for a post-bankruptcy Detroit.

The Board has also determined to include an advisory vote on executive compensation at each annual shareholders» meeting until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation because the Board believes it is important to receive feedback from shareholders on this important issue annually.

The first is probably the largest one, which is I'm chairing a group of the Financial Stability Board that is looking at fintech to see what kind of issues in the future the regulators and supervisors will face from a financial stability point of view.

It is worth mentioning that John Wilcox is also directly involved in high - profile Morrow Sodali assignments, when the issues at stake («delicate» items in the Agenda, need to deal with activist «shareholders», consultation at Board level, etc) require it.

Alan Greenspan was known as adept at gaining consensus among Fed board members on policy issues and for serving during one of the most severe economic crises of the late 20th century, the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1987.

Singh is a fierce advocate of diversity and equity issues at the Peel District School Board and at the Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA).

We believe that independent Board leadership would be particularly useful at Amazon in providing more robust oversight regarding sustainability issues.

One might have thought that that would be the end of the matter, but instead Burnaby commenced this action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia seeking a declaration (at para 13) «that the National Energy Board does not have the constitutional jurisdiction to issue an order to the City of Burnaby that directs or limits the City of Burnaby in the enforcement of its bylaws.»

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

The holders of all series of the convertible preferred stock are entitled to receive non-cumulative dividends at the per annum rate of 6 % of the original issue price of such stock in the order of their preference, when and if declared by the Board of Directors.

If we look to federal jurisdiction, the National Energy Board has issued a series of decisions since 2010, with input from Environment and Climate Change Canada, requiring offsetting for caribou and other species at risk and rare or sensitive habitats.

Oaktree Capital Management — TPUB's second largest shareholder at 14 %, after Ferro's own 16 % — issued the unmistakable threat of such a suit, in an address to the Tribune board: «Our conclusion is that we are convinced that you and Tribune's management should engage Gannett immediately and seek to negotiate a transaction in the interest of all Tribune shareholders.

Volkswagen's issue has always been one of too centralized control (in fact, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn was going to argue for loosening the grip of the VW mothership at an upcoming Volkswagen board meeting).

As the cryptocurrency industry continues to grow and expand at a rapid rate, an issue has become clear across the board: there is a severe shortage of skilled engineers to keep up with the pace.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The problems at Wells Fargo and its overly aggressive sales culture date back at least 15 years, and management had little interest in dealing with the issue until it spiraled out of control resulting in millions of accounts being opened fraudulently, according to an investigation by the company's board of directors.

Those appointments are likely to happen Tuesday at its board meeting, but it's not yet clear if they can vote on governance issues.

Specifically, the FOMC is opting to retain its easy monetary policies, but undertake no new initiatives at this time, Perhaps the Fed went this more conservative route in view of the somewhat better news out on the economic front over the past few weeks, notably the generally improving housing metrics, the pickup in June's personal income, and the surprising uptick in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for July issued yesterday.

The widely anticipated Federal Reserve Board's Beige Book compilation was issued within the past hour, and that summation of economic activity across this nation indicated that growth had continued at a gradual pace during July and early August.

The unsolicited all - cash offer was pitched to Cover - More shareholders at $ 1.95, just below the $ 2 issue price at the time of floating, and received unanimous support from the board.

The issue at stake is not so much the independence of boards, but their legitimacy and credibility.