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2. The Business Case for Boardroom Diversity
  
  Explore The New York Times Jan 23 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  When Goldman Sachs announced that it would help companies go public only if they had at least one diverse board member meaning that the bank wouldnt work with I.P.O. hopefuls whose directors were all white men it was met with a mix of support and skepticism. In the year since, with less fanfare, the bank has also built up a business to help recruit directors for those boards ...
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3. How Khosrowshahi is Grappling With Uber's Past to Execute a Drama-Free IPO
  
  Explore Business Standard May 4 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...st months later, as Uber recovered from its string of scandals, those shares had nearly doubled in value. All I.P.O.s are by nature unpredictable, but with Uber the possible outcomes seem especially extreme. Is it a jugg...
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4. 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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5. Questions Remain for the Wynn Resorts Board
  
  Explore The New York Times Feb 7 2018 BoardBlogs
  
  In an email exchange with me, Lucian Bebchuk, a Harvard law professor and an expert in corporate governance , asked why the board did not suspend Mr. Wynn from his position pending the investigation, or demand that he not interact with Wynn Resorts employees, a step that would have limited his...
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6. Will Uber Finally Settle Its Boardroom Civil War? | Vanity Fair
  
  Explore vanityfair.com Nov 13 2017 BoardBlogs
  
  Uber Will Uber Finally Settle Its Boardroom Civil War? A peace deal with SoftBank may finally be in sight, offering employees liquidity and an end to vicious boardroom infighting. by Uber C.E.O. Dara Khosrowshahi. By David Ryder/Bloomberg. After months of vicious infighting among its board, Uber has tentatively agreed to sell about $10 billion worth of stock to Japanese tech giant SoftBank, in a deal that could ...
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7. The Morning Ledger: Tech Founders Want IPO Riches, Without Pesky Shareholders
  
  Explore WSJ Blogs Apr 4 2017 BoardBlogs
  
  Technology companies are seeking windfalls from their IPOs, minus the shareholders.Snap Inc.was the first major company since at least 2000 to do an initial public offering in the U.S. that gave new shareholders no voting rights,Maureen Farrell reports.The companys earlier investors got one vote for every 10 held by the two co-founders.
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8. Jimmy Choo Marks Low Market Debut, Becomes First Luxury Footwear Brand To Be Publicly Traded
  
  Explore ibtimes.com Oct 17 2014 BoardNews
  
  Shares of Jimmy Choo were up slightly in early trading Friday after the British luxury shoe retailer priced its offering at the bottom of its expected range. With the pricing, Jimmy Choo became the first stand-alone luxury footwear brand to be publicly traded...
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9. The Iron Grip of Wayfair's Founders
  
  Explore The Boston Globe Oct 7 2014 BoardBlogs
  
  Give credit to Niraj Shahand Steve Conine as entrepreneurs who managed to grow a business from humble beginnings and eventually take it public. But thats only part of the story. Shah and Conine are the founders of Wayfair Inc., the Boston company thats on track to sell well more than $1 billion of furniture and home decor items online this year. Wayfair got a warm reception when it went public ...
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10. Alibaba Plans to Close IPO Order Book Early
  
  Explore VOA - Voice of America English News Sep 12 2014 BoardNews
  
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to close its IPO order book early after it received enough orders to sell all the shares in the record-breaking offering, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The company, which launched its IPO on Monday, is expected to price the deal on September 18 and will start trading a day later. U.S.-based bookrunners are expected to stop taking orders from ...
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11. Alibaba M&A Spree to Be Questioned at Waldorf IPO Meeting
  
  Explore Bloomberg Sep 7 2014 BoardNews
  
  Hey Alibaba, whats the deal with all those deals?
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12. Accounting Woes Trouble Alibaba Ahead of Mega IPO
  
  Explore wgal.com Aug 16 2014 BoardNews
  
  Potential accounting problems have been discovered at Alibaba's recently-acquired film division, raising new questions ahead of the Chinese tech firm's massive IPO. Alibaba Pictures Group, formerly called ChinaVision Media Group, said Friday that it m...
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13. The Problem of ‘Underweight’ Shareholders
  
  Explore dealbook.nytimes.com Aug 5 2014 BoardBlogs
  
  At a time of rising expectations for institutional investors to assume stewardship responsibilities for the companies they invest in, it is doubtful that underweight shareholders can fulfill this role credibly, writes Simon C.Y. Wong...
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14. Activist Investor Helps SunEdison Change Course
  
  Explore dealbook.nytimes.com Jul 7 2014 BoardNews
  
  Two years ago, the solar power company SunEdison was in a crisis. Its shares had plunged to about $1.50 each, reaching five-year lows, as Chinese solar panels undercut American offerings. Credit rating agencies had downgraded its outlook. And an...
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15. Activist Investor Peltz Builds Stake in Bank of New York Mellon
  
  Explore dealbook.nytimes.com Jun 30 2014 BoardNews
  
  The hedge fund Trian Partners disclosed a 0.8 percent stake in the bank and has since increased it to 2.5 percent, according to a person close to the firm...
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16. DealBook: Walgreen Shareholder Opposes Potential Inversion
  
  Explore dealbook.nytimes.com May 13 2014 BoardNews
  
  The CtW Investment Group, while owning less than 1 percent of Walgreens shares, becomes one of the first investment groups to publicly push back against an increasingly popular maneuver...
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