The turning point was a board meeting in Milan on June 12.

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So why are we not turning out better leaders across the board?

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Turning to the issue of the Safeguarding Board Bill, the committee discussed the rate of remuneration for the chairperson of the board.

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Some of the bigger and better of the more than 200 firms waiting for listing on the second board have given up, turning their attention instead to China's main market.

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The economy is turning around, so I think that the Federal Reserve Board is being less aggressive in their stance on a lot of things.

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North's stunning return on a turning track - which earns him a place on the Lord's honours board - doubled his career tally of Test wickets in his 16th five-day appearance for the baggy greens.

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"Under Shai's leadership, we've successfully achieved our goals in the first chapter of Better Place, and we owe Shai our gratitude for turning his powerful vision into a reality, " said Idan Ofer, Chairman of the Better Place Board of Directors.

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So Mayer, and by implication the entirely new Yahoo board that hired her, made it very clear that if Yahoo was finally going to get serious about turning itself around, it would take years, not months, to accomplish.

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