Facebook Names Sandberg to Board

Facebook said Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is joining the company's board, making her the first female board member for the social network.
Facebook said Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is joining the company's board, making her the first female board member for the social network.
GameStop appointed Heidrick & Struggles International Partner in the Media, Entertainment and Digital practice Kathy Vrabeck to the board of directors. Southwestern Energy added Elliott Pew, co-founder and COO at Common Resources, to the board of directors.
Interfax quoted Mr Sergei Shvetsov Central Bank deputy chairman who chairs the MICEX-RTS board said the board of directors of OJSC MICEX-RTS is transferring some of its powers to the stock exchange's executive board. He said that "We made an important decision to gradually begin reforming corporate governance - the executive board is getting more authority for day to day management of the exchange." He said the board of directors will focus on three things: monitoring the quality of governance,
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Chesapeake Energy Corp has named a new chairman to replace controversial founder Aubrey McClendon. McClendon, who remains CEO and president, was stripped of his chairmanship after a series of corporate governance issues angered investors.
VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 06/21/12 -- Golden Valley Mines Ltd. ("Golden Valley Mines" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:GZZ) announces the results of its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held on June 20th, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec. At the Meeting, shareholders approved all resolutions put before them by management, as follows: Election of Directors The shareholders re-elected Messrs. Joseph Groia, Blair F. Morton, Glenn J. Mullan, Robert D. Smith, Hon. Dr. Arthur T. P
HOUSTON--( )--A lawyer with significant in-house counsel experience has returned to Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. as partner. Kevin McDonald returns to Fulbright’s Houston office after serving in management roles with the corporate legal departments at Cooper Industries, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Valero Energy Corporation. He has extensive experience in litigation, corporate governance and crisis management. “Kevin became a fine lawyer during his time at Fulbright, and we welcome him back
Investors in Qualstar Corp. met June 20 for a special meeting to vote on bringing in a new board of directors to turn around the financially struggling company.
Activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management LP continues to push for corporate governance changes at investment bank Lazard Ltd. Trian, Lazard's biggest shareholder after announcing Monday that it had obtained a 5.1% stake, wants Lazard to allow ...
The Board confirms that the composition of the Board remains in compliance with the requirements of the Manager 's corporate governance policy notwithstanding the appointment of Mr. Li. The Board would like to welcome Mr. Li to the Board. This announcement ...
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF) (the "Company"), the holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association ("Astoria Federal"), today announced the resignation of George L. Engelke, Jr., 73, non-executive Chairman,...
In the meantime the board of directors, under the chairmanship of Mr Hans Peter Zehnder since the beginning of this year, has introduced changes to corporate governance in order to take account of these shareholders' rights to transparency and codetermination.
ST. LOUIS, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today announced that Paul T. Hanrahan, 54, has been elected to its board of directors, effective June 12. Hanrahan will serve on the board's audit and nominating and corporate governance committees. "We are very...
WASHINGTON -- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VNDA), announced that Michael Cola has joined Vand...
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - June 15, 2012) - Shoreline Energy Corp. (the "Company") (TSX:SEQ) is pleased to announce the election of Mr. Daniel (Dan) Long to the Board of Directors at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders held on June 14, 2012. Mr. Long replaces the Company's outgoing director, Mr. Peter Shippen. The Company wishes to thank Mr. Shippen for his service on the Board and ...
Microsoft Corp. announced that John W. Thompson, chief executive officer of privately-held Virtual Instruments and former Chairman and CEO of Symantec Corp., was appointed to the company's board of directors, returning the board's size to 10 members. "John has extraordinary technology and business expertise, and we are delighted that he is joining Microsoft's board of directors," said Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman. Thompson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Virtual Instruments, a p
A New Diversity Monitor for the S.E.C. By KEVIN ROOSE Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg News 8:52 a.m. | Updated A provision of the Dodd-Frank Act aimed at bringing more women and minorities to the male-dominated world of finance is moving one step closer to being implemented, after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this week that it had named Pamela A. Gibbs to head its recently created Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. The provision, which was proposed by Representative Maxine
Google has just announced that it's named Diane B. Greene, a cofounder and longtime CEO of VMware, to its Board of Directors. Greene is also on Intuit's Board of Directors, where she serves on the Audit and Risk Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as well. Greene was formerly President and CEO of VMware from 1998 through 2008, leading it to a $625 million acquisition by ...
Yahoo! has appointed former PayPal President Scott Thompson as CEO and director, effective Jan. 9. Baker & Taylor Chairman and CEO Thomas I. Morgan has been elected to the board of directors at Rayonier. ViroPharma has appointed Julie H. McHugh, Endo Pharmaceuticals CEO, to the board.
Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday that Adam Clammer and Herald Chen have resigned from the company's board of directors.