My company became activist with SPMD in the summer of 2012 when we filed a Form 13D wherein we recommended that its board consider a merger with its largest competitor (DEXO.) I was very pleased to see that within short time after our 13D filing the board agreed and ultimately signed a merger agreement.

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Also late yesterday, Prudential Financial ( PRU) said in a regulatory filing that its board had increased the salaries of several of its top executives, while at the same time reducing the annual bonus opportunity to reflect the salary increase.

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The spokesman said the company's board will "thoroughly review the filing and then decide when or how to meet" with Related and Corvex.

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"Tribune's board of directors is focused on filing the company's plan of reorganization this Friday and has no comment on any other issue, " a Tribune spokesman said in a statement, declining to comment further on the meeting.

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Labor groups have tried for years to form a union, filing dozens of complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.

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Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and Accel partner Sonali De Rycker (right) have both joined the board of InterActiveCorp, the company announced in an SEC filing today.

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Stryker's latest filing with the SEC didn't disclose the reasons for Mr. MacMillan's departure, and board members didn't respond to requests for comment.

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