As crucial as hunting out and searching the confined spaces is, the 'bread and butter' of rummage work is talking to those on board.
The board does not want former executives talking out of school about the usual indiscretions inside the company and board oversight.
Still, No. 3 is not a bad place to be, especially when you're also talking about the worldwide record board.
Cendant's board is already talking about awarding itself a new slug of share options at the current low share price in order to retain key managers.
And be aware, that your CEO and Board of Directors are talking about reputation.
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That might explain why Apple board members were reportedly talking to recruiters about a successor to Jobs over the summer.
Mr Erdogan is talking of judicial reforms to blunt the board's powers.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke are talking about the plan with a Senate committee this morning, and lawmakers are pouring over the details.
Gupta seems to have enjoyed earning social currency from talking about the companies where he served as a board member.
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Because clearly what we're seeing is something that's not only affecting those who have the loans, but we're also talking about what's happened to our economy across the board.
And so today, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and board member and uber-VC Marc Andreessen are talking with the PBS journalist at the annual ad confab Advertising Week in New York, clearly in hopes of persuading brand marketers to invest much more on the No. 1 social network.
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While we were talking, I noticed there was a memo pinned to his bulletin board.
While we were talking I told her I was getting ready to create my Dream Board with a theme of Seize the Day.
This is Greenspan's first venture into talking with a business contact about Fed policy since he stepped down from the board in January 2006.
But South Africa Finance Minister Trevor Manuel told the BBC's Talking Point programme what was needed was one approach, with all wealthy nations on board.
The board had been sitting in a conference room for three hours prior, talking in great detail about the business, but there is absolutely no question that I learned more in the 30 minutes of that sales pitch than I did in the board meeting.
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The Maloof family and Hansen's group, though, kept on talking, leading to another deal for a higher price and a vote earlier this month by the NBA board.
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