Board members also need to stop spreading themselves thin on five or 10 boards at a time.

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"It used to be a case of 'spreading the peanut butter' - setting the same goals across the board, " she said.

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There is a spreading fear that we are in for a period of tightening by the Federal Reserve Board.

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But the move would help the board and management make a better case to labor unions that they are spreading the pain to other GM constituents, including shareholders and executives, whose ranks are also shrinking while merit pay raises are being eliminated.

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There is a spreading fear in the U.S. that a period of tightening by the Federal Reserve Board is imminent.

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