No director qualifies as independent unless the board of directors affirmatively determines that director has no mate rial relationship with the listed company.

除非董事会能肯定地确定董事与上市公司之间没有实质性的关系，否则董事不满足独立性的要求。

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Presenting to the board of directors, the independent director could prevent the controlling shareholders or the insiders from abusing their power and protect the independence of the board.

它在制衡控股股东与“内部人”的控制权滥用、捍卫董事会的独立性方面卓有成效。

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The latest dispute started in March, when Harrah's attempted to nominate an independent director to the board of the separate publicly traded company, JCC Holding, that owns the casino as a result of the bankruptcy filings.

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Brian McAndrews, an independent director on the Seamless board, will serve as chairman.

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The report came as Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs announced that Mr Mittal had joined the firm's board as an independent director.

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