Before their 6:30 PM performance tomorrow at the Harris Theater (205 E. Randolph), Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago will host a free reception featuring company dancers and the associate board of directors. Guests will enjoy free wine, ...

Well, this is no surprise... SANTA MONICA, CA, and VANCOUVER, BC, March 12, 2010 —Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) today announced that its Board of Directors, in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, has determined, by unanimous...

Lionsgate's board of directors has unanimously rejected activist shareholder Carl Icahn's unsolicited tender offer as "financially inadequate and coercive," opening the way for stepped-up battle for control of the indie studio. ...

The National Pork Producers Council at its annual business meeting – the National Pork Industry Forum – held March 4-6, elected new officers and members to its board of directors. Click here for a complete list. Syngenta Seeds, Inc...

The Board of Directors of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) has approved a set of guidelines to govern programs accepting the donation of bodies for education and biomedical research. The guidelines cover the minimum requ...

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson was pushed off the Focus radio show by the organization's board of directors. The board told Dobson that...

Brown University president Ruth Simmons has recently come under fire for serving on the board of Goldman Sachs. More than establishing any possible perfidy on the part of Simmons, this just shows how utterly useless boards of direc...

First Data's board of directors has announced the appointment of board member Joe Forehand, former chairman and CEO of Accenture, as chairman and interim chief executive officer (CEO). Forehand will succeed Michael Capellas on March...

Sonos, the Santa Barbara, California based startup that develops of wireless multi-room music systems, is taking a new round of financing from London-based Index Ventures, we've heard from multiple sources. Partner Mike Volpi, a for...

NAAFE Board Announces Selection of NAAFE Forum 2011 Site: The Board of Directors of the North American Association of Fisheries Economists is pleased to announce that the site of the next NAAFE Forum will be Honolulu, Hawaii. Forum ...

Postmaster General John Potter announced yesterday the appointment of Janet Klug, the former president and current member of the board of directors of the American Philatelic Society, to serve on the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committ...

Benchmark Capital is placing a rather hefty bet on Indiana-based SAN startup Scale Computing - they've led a $9 million Series B round of financing and Partner Bill Gurley joins the company's board of directors. Existing investors ...

Advocates of legal services for the poor are up in arms over the nomination of Sharon Browne to the board of directors of the Legal...

One of our own makes the cut.Click to read the rest of this post... ...

Oak Street Capital Management and Dash Acquisitions own a combined 6.5% stake in Denny's Corporation (DENN), and recently launched a proxy fight to add three new members to the company's board of directors. Calling themselves the Co...

Orbitz Worldwide, the online travel retailer, said Thursday that it has named Martin Brand and Brad Gerstner to its board of directors, effective immediately, Reuters reported.

NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Sovern, Chairman of Sotheby’s, announced that James Murdoch had been unanimously nominated by the Board of Directors of Sotheby’s to stand for election as a Director of Sotheby’s at the Company’s May 6, 2010 A...

Let men talk with a doctor and have them decide whether to undergo prostate-cancer screening, says the president-elect of the American Cancer Society (ACS) National Board of Directors. That sentiment is shared by doctors in the UAB ...

Ocean Hotels Plc. (OSLO: OCEA) announced an update on Davie Yards, and management and board of directors reorganization: On 25 February 2010, Davie Yards announced

In a recent post on his blog, entrepreneur Will Herman argues that every startup should establish a board of directors -- even if you're small or don't have funding. Herman's main point is that startups need as much guidance as they...