If this speculation is true, Icahn could push for a board seat and press the company to consider a sale.
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Last week, RIM jumped on speculation that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in RIM, which will help him push for a board seat and press the company to consider a sale (see Rumored Icahn Stake in RIM Fuels Takeover, Asset Sale Speculation).
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James Davison, an obstetrician and spokesman for the program, says administrators and board members helped push it through last year.
Board members who push particular investments, or firms, are especially suspect.
More importantly it engenders trust among the rest of the executive team, giving the IT team the credibility to push strategic plans, attend board meetings, and to a greater extent earn a place among the direct reports to the CEO.
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Increasingly, legendary activist investor Daniel Loeb, founder of New York-based hedge fund Third Point LLC, has long locked-in his reputation in the investing world largely by stirring media controversy through his very public shareholder letters that boldly highlight his aggressive attempts to push for change and replenish company board seats.
Consumer expectations were improved, the Conference Board said, helping to push the outlook for the next three to six months above its earlier level.
Analysts have taken this as a clear sign that the company will be focusing on this division after the poor performance of its investment banking division, which many have seen as the reason behind the board's decision to push Wuffli out.
We saw several push-through failures on stocks across the board that could hurt momentum in the short-term.
To get the new playground off the ground, Mr. Liew and Ms. Lan lobbied Board of Supervisors President David Chiu to push through legislation to allow new construction in Sue Bierman Park.
The company's shares have lost more than a quarter of their value since late October as activist investor Carl Icahn continues his push for a seat on the company's board of directors.
Knight says HSBC should push harder in Asia and put Asian representatives on its board.
The G20 asked the Financial Stability Board to oversee the process, and with a push from the top, the industry responded with real cooperation, he added.
Hasbro and Mattel grabbed headlines with their push to shut down Scrabulous, a knockoff of the Scrabble board game developed by a pair of entrepreneurs in India (see: "Scrabulous Facing Copyright Infringement Charges").
We've not had the start we wanted but as soon as we get on the board we can look forward and really try and really push on in the group.
If those tax increases push the economy back into recession, federal revenues will decline across the board, and the national debt will soar further.
There's no question that car companies have woken up a bit in recent years -- iPod integration and Bluetooth support is nearly standard across the board, but only standouts like Audi and Tesla have bothered to truly push the infotainment envelope.
Two sources that know Flynn well tell me that if push came to shove, Flynn is the kind of guy who would encourage the JPM board to do whatever it takes to please regulators.
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This will mean no party can push through laws to sort out the post-credit crunch confusion without bringing other parties on board.
After missing his first three shots badly, he finally got on the board with a muscular move inside on a putback with 7:36 left to push the lead to 56-51.
Intel is reportedly making this technology a centerpiece of its new push into the commercial TV sector, using it as leverage to bring reluctant media companies on board to their platform.
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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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Board members decided to go for broke in finding a cure by unleashing those assets in a heroic research push.
Economists have been warning for months that the shock of higher taxes across the board, including on the middle class, along with a sudden drop in government-related spending will push the economy into a slowdown, if not a recession.
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