corporate governance

Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

Kara Swisher in News on May 8 at 8:50 am PT

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.

How Much Does Wall Street Hate Google’s Stock-Split Plan?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 15 at 8:53 am PT

And how much can shareholders who oppose it do about it? Very little. That won’t stop advisory firms and pension funds from having their say.

Voices

Sprint Board Walked Away From MetroPCS Takeover

Gina Chon and Joann S. Lublin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on February 25 at 3:53 am PT

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s board explored but rejected a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire smaller wireless rival MetroPCS Communications Inc., people familiar with the matter said.

Another Director Out at Hewlett-Packard: It’s Lawrence Babbio

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 30 at 1:16 pm PT

Another director leaves the technology giant.

Sari Baldauf to Leave Hewlett-Packard’s Board

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 20 at 1:14 pm PT

The former head of Nokia Networks has been an HP director since 2006.

News Byte

VMWare Co-Founder Diane Greene Joins Google’s Board

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 12 at 3:02 pm PT

Search giant Google said today it had appointed Diane B. Greene to its board of directors. Greene, 56, is a co-founder of VMWare and took that company public in 2007. She was its CEO and president for 10 years ending 2008, and was executive vice president at EMC, which partially owns VMWare. She also sits on the board of Intuit.

A Look Back at IBM’s Palmisano Era and the China Strategy

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 2 at 9:33 am PT

Palmisano will be remembered as the man who sold IBM’s PC division to China’s Lenovo. Seven years later, it seems to have been a good trade for both parties.

Exclusive: Here’s What Hurd’s Actual HP Expense Reports Say About Controversial Fisher Dinners

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 30, 2011 at 10:27 am PT

While the attention surrounding the 2010 resignation of Mark Hurd focuses on allegations of sexual harassment, he was actually ousted over expense reports problems.

Former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn, Central Figure in Pretexting Case, Dies

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 5, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Dunn resigned after an internal investigation into leaks went badly wrong.

Steve Ballmer Gets a “B” Grade From Microsoft’s Board

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 3, 2011 at 4:45 pm PT

Still, the CEO’s performance was good enough to warrant a bonus equivalent to 100 percent of his base salary. But it could have been higher. If only Windows Phone sales were better.