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1. Goldman Sachs Board Member Bill George Slams Tesla on Twitter
  
  Explore Business Insider Jul 7 2016 BoardNews
  
  print Harvard Business Scholl professor and Goldman Sachs board member Bill George. Harvard Business School professor and Goldman Sachs board member Bill George is not a fan of Tesla's disclosure practices. In a tweet sent out Thursday morning , George disagreed with Tesla CEO Elon Musk's contention that disclosing the death of a Tesla driver using the company's auto-pilot feature was "not material" ahead of the company selling $2 billion in stock...
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2. Corporate America is Giving a Ton of Cash Back to its Shareholders — and this should worry investors everywhere
  
  Explore Business Insider Jul 5 2016 BoardBlogs
  
  Corporate America is giving a ton of cash back to its shareholders — and this should worry investors everywhere...
  
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3. Hershey's Board has Unanimously Rejected Mondelez's Takeover Offer
  
  Explore Business Insider Jun 30 2016 BoardNews
  
  Snack-food giant Mondelez made an offer to acquire Hershey. And Hershey said thanks, but no thanks.
  
  On Thursday morning, The Wall Street Journal first reported that Mondelez had made an offer to acquire the candymaker. Shares of Hershey jumped as much as 21% after the report, to north of $117 per share...
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4. Mondelez Has Reportedly Made an Offer to Buy Hershey and Now the Stock is Spiking (HSY, Mdlz)
  
  Explore Business Insider Jun 30 2016 BoardNews
  
  Snack food giant Mondelez has made an offer to acquire Hershey, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Following the report, shares of Hershey were up as much as 21% to north of $117 per share. Mondelez shares were up about 1.7% following the report...
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5. Boeing is Shoveling a Ton of Cash to Shareholders in 2016 (BA)
  
  Explore Business Insider Dec 14 2015 BoardNews
  
  Boeing is shoveling a ton of cash to shareholders in 2016. In an announcement on Monday the aerospace giant announced a new $14 billion share repurchase plan and a 20% increase in its regular quarterly dividend starting next year. Boeing — which has a market cap just under $100 billion — said its $14 billion buyback plan will replace the current $12 billion plan that was previously in place and of which $5.25 billion remained...
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6. Yahoo's Board Suddenly has a Big, Looming Problem and it Could Mean the End of Marissa Mayer
  
  Explore Business Insider Nov 21 2015 BoardBlogs
  
  The next big fight could soon be coming to Yahoo's boardroom. And this time it could mean the end of the line for Marissa Mayer's tenure as Yahoo's CEO. Over the last few weeks, the news surrounding Yahoo has been bad. On Wednesday, SunTrust analyst Bob Peck wrote about a doomsday scenario for the company's tax-free Alibaba spin-off in which Yahoo actually loses money. On Thursday ...
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7. Here's the Full Letter Outlining Everything Hedge Fund Starboard wants Yahoo to do
  
  Explore Business Insider Nov 19 2015 BoardNews
  
  Hedge fund Starboard wants Yahoo to halt its long-public plan to spin off its Alibaba stake. Instead, Starboard wants Yahoo to do the opposite: spin off its core search and ad business while keeping its Alibaba stake in the existing public company...
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8. Forbes Sold Itself Last Year and Now Something Very Strange is Happening
  
  Explore Business Insider Nov 3 2015 BoardNews
  
  This is an odd one. According to a report in The Financial Times, the Forbes family has sued Integrated Whale Media Investment, the Hong Kong-based investment group which bought a majority stake in Forbes Media last July. The complaint, which was earlier reported by Law 360, claims Integrated Whale has failed to repay money it borrowed from the Forbes family to finance the transaction...
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9. Twitter Shares are Surging Ahead of a Board Meeting to Discuss its CEO Situation (TWTR)
  
  Explore Business Insider Sep 3 2015 BoardNews
  
  Twitter shares are surging on Thursday ahead of a meeting of its board of directors to discuss the company's CEO search. In early trade on Thursday shares of the social media company were up more than 3.5% to around $28.80 per share, their highest level in about 2 weeks...
  
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10. Jamie Dimon is a Billionaire (JPM)
  
  Explore Business Insider Jun 3 2015 BoardNews
  
  According to the Bloomberg Billionaires index, Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, joins his mentor Sandy Weill as one of the few banking executives to become a billionaire. Bloomberg writes that Dimon derives a bit less than half of his $1.1 billion net worth — $485 million — from his stake in JPMorgan, with the rest of his net worth coming from an investment portfolio spurred by his sale of Citigroup stock in the 1990s...
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11. Twitter Reportedly Just Put an End to Regular Executive Stock Sales (TWTR)
  
  Explore Business Insider Apr 22 2015 BoardNews
  
  Twitter has ended pre-planned stock sales from its executives, Fortune's Dan Primack reports. Primack reports that in response to heavy criticism from CNBC's Jim Cramer — and others — Twitter has ended the use of 10b5-1 stock sale plans, which allows executives to pre-plan stock sales at regular intervals...
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12. Trading in Shares of the Light Bulb Company Whose Chairman Was Arrested Will Be Suspended for at Least a Few More Weeks (FNRG)
  
  Explore Business Insider Apr 21 2015 BoardNews
  
  Trading in ForceField Energy has now been suspended for at least two weeks. On Monday, shares of ForceField tanked, falling more than 20%, before being halted after the LED lighting company disclosed that its chairman, Richard St. Julien, was arrested on Friday and resigned on Sunday...
  
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13. Here is GE's Big Presentation Explaining How and Why it is Breaking Itself Up (GE)
  
  Explore Business Insider Apr 10 2015 BoardNews
  
  General Electric is breaking itself up. On Friday, the company announced that it would break off most of its real estate assets, repatriate a ton of cash from overseas, and buy back about $50 billion worth of its stock...
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14. Warren Buffett's 50th letter to Berkshire Shareholders (DIA, Spy, Spx, Brk)
  
  Explore Business Insider Feb 28 2015 BoardNews
  
  Berkshire Hathaway just released its 2014 letter to shareholders. First things first, Berkshire Hathaway earned $2,412 per Class A share in the fourth quarter of 2014, missing expectations for earnings of $2,702...
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15. It Cost Target $5.1 Billion to Leave Canada (TGT)
  
  Explore Business Insider Feb 25 2015 BoardNews
  
  It will cost Target $5.1 billion to Canada. On Wednesday, Target announced fourth quarter and fiscal-year 2014 results while the retailer gave another outlook on the costs it expects to incur as it exits operations in Canada...
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16. Herbalife's Biggest Individual Shareholder Has Added To His Position
  
  Explore Business Insider Jan 23 2015 BoardNews
  
  Post Holdings executive chairman Bill Stiritz has added to his stake in Herbalife. Stiritz, who is Herbalife's biggest individual shareholder, has added to his 8.2% position in Herbalife during the stock's recent pullback, according to a report from CNBC's Scott Wapner. Wapner, citing sources, also reported that Stiritz hasn't sold a share of his stake in the company. Earlier this month ...
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17. George Soros Just Gave Bills Gross $500 Million To Play With (JNS)
  
  Explore Business Insider Nov 20 2014 BoardNews
  
  So, it looks like George Soros just invested $500 million with Bill Gross. In an announcement on its website, Janus announced that Quantum Partners, a private investment vehicle managed by Soros Fund Management, will invest $500 million in an account to be managed by Bill Gross...
  
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18. An Activist Hedge Fund Manager Thinks This $100 Billion Biotech Company Could Be Worth 80% More (AMGN)
  
  Explore Business Insider Oct 21 2014 BoardNews
  
  Dan Loeb thinks Amgen could be worth $249 per share, or 80% more than current levels. In his latest filing with the SEC, Loeb's Third Point was shown to be holding 450,000 shares of the company...
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19. Chinese E-Commerce Giant Alibaba To Raise $21 Billion In IPO
  
  Explore Business Insider Sep 5 2014 BoardNews
  
  Chinese e-commer giant Alibaba is set to raise up to $21 billion in its IPO, with shares expected to be priced between $60 and $66, according to a filing with the SEC...
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