But the state takeover of Detroit would be more sweeping, akin to the control board over Washington, D.
With this much competition, though, we should see more stability and usability across the board over the next few years.
Three ferry companies have described their consultations with Dover Harbour Board over plans for privatisation as "a meaningless waste of time".
Education levels have risen dramatically across the board over the past decade with dozens of private colleges opening their doors to more and more sectors of the population.
The scandal was revealed when Michael Woodford, the British former chief executive, was dismissed from his post after he challenged Mr Kikukawa and the board over suspiciously large payments related to acquisitions.
Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ - news - people ), whose board split over the departure of former CEO Mark Hurd, has now recruited five executives to its board with industry expertise but also with business ties to the new CEO, Leo Apotheker.
Finally, Congress and the White House stepped in, and over the next few months most of the powers of the mayor, city council and school board were handed over to the unelected control board.
If it stands, it could invalidate hundreds of board decisions over the past year, including some that make it easier for unions to organize.
His firing is under investigation by the Alaska Legislature, but Palin's attorneys filed papers this week to request Alaska's Personnel Board take over the probe.
The new Toronto will have clout in negotiations with the 4.5m-strong conurbation around it, where the Greater Toronto Services Board rules over strategic plans and major roads.
The charity believes children should be removed from the prison system completely, despite improvements since the Youth Justice Board took over control of institutions for under-18s last year.
After 10 years at Sealand Road, Storton was trusted with the caretaker-manager's position at Chester, but quit in 1984 when the board went over his head in signing loan players.
Those proposals include sweeping entitlement reforms across the board that over the long run would reduce federal spending by half as a percent of GDP from what it would be otherwise.
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My frustration level with the board boiled over last week when I watched Carol deliver a far less impressive presentation of where the company is in their current turnaround efforts compared to her lieutenants.
Seconds later, American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 500 miles per hour only yards from the room where they were meeting, instantly killing the 64 passengers on board and over a hundred other people in the building.
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The Japanese findings come after the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said over the weekend that the battery in the Boston fire had not been overcharged, eliminating a relatively simple potential cause but adding new complexity to the investigation.
They would have known that they would not get the Windows Phone playground to themselves, but to have Microsoft swing in and push their own handset as opposed to the whole platform will lead to some long conversations in the board room over strategy and alternatives.
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If he were to step down pending resolution of the crisis at News Corporation, it is likely he would be replaced by BSkyB's senior non-executive director, Nick Ferguson - who in effect played that role in BSkyB's board discussions over News Corporation's attempt to purchase all of BSkyB.
AppleInsider claims to have been tracking the device get bounced back to the drawing board repeatedly over the past few years, but says that Steve Jobs is finally happy with the product and there's an internal go-ahead to get this thing ready for next year, barring any other setbacks.
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The Alibaba Group board discussed at numerous Board meetings over the past three years the impending imposition of new regulatory requirements on the online payment industry, including ownership structures, as they were being developed in China, and was told in a July 2009 board meeting that majority shareholding in Alipay had been transferred into Chinese ownership.
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However, Icahn decided to quit the board a little over a year later praising Carol Bartz and saying his presence on the board was no longer needed.
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Before his election as governor, Spitzer as attorney general sparred with the New York Stock Exchange, and board member Langone, over the pay package of former Big Board Chairman Dick Grasso.
Albertson was ousted by Iomega's board in May over differences about the company's strategic direction.
In April 2003 he met with the board to pore over a list of eight targets.
If the decision stands, it could invalidate hundreds of board decisions made over the past year.
Flights longer than eight hours require a relief pilot on board to take over when pilots sleep.
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If the ruling stands, it would invalidate more than 600 board decisions issued over the past year.
Board members wandered over to ask about the plan, and soon Murren found himself making an impromptu pitch.
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