Board of Directors

Occidental Petroleum Chairman Ray Irani ousted by shareholders

2013-05-03 11:33:00

This post has been corrected. See below for details. Occidental Petroleum Chairman Ray Irani was ousted by shareholders from the oil and gas petroleum's board and was absent from Friday's annual meeting in Santa Monica Irani, 78, has been with the...

Sprint CEO talks unlimited data, LTE, SoftBank and Dish Network

2013-04-29 13:27:00

Sprint Chief Executive Daniel Hesse was in Irvine last week to pick up two J.D. Power awards given to the Kansas-based carrier and Boost Mobile, one of its prepaid brands. The awards, given for rating the highest for customer purchase experience, come...

Prominent grower uses racial slur to refer to President Obama

2013-04-09 07:27:00

A prominent Central Valley agricultural businessman was ousted as chairman of the board of the largest hospital system in the San Joaquin Valley after using a racial slur to refer to President Obama. Mark Borba, one of the Central Valley's leading...

Shareholders get another chance

2013-04-05 00:00:00

It's "proxy season" again for most public companies — called that because most shareholders submit their votes via proxy rather than attend the companies' annual meetings in person. This year's season represents a critical juncture in public company...

Disney shareholders vote against splitting CEO, chairman positions

2013-03-06 13:53:00

Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed. One proposal called for the future split of the chief executive and...

Oscars 2013: Early reviews on host Seth MacFarlane are not kind

2013-01-11 05:45:00

If Seth MacFarlane was using Thursday’s Academy Awards nominations announcement as a test-run for his Oscar show hosting patter, he might consider changing directions. Fast.� Early reviews of MacFarlane’s jokes were strongly negative, with...

Rem Koolhaas to curate 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale

2013-01-09 07:12:00

Dutch starchitect Rem Koolhaas has been tapped to curate one of architecture's most high-profile events -- the Venice Architecture Biennale. Koolhaas will curate the 2014 edition of the Biennale, taking over from British architect David Chipperfield,...

Phillip L. Williams dies at 90; senior executive with Times Mirror Co.

2012-11-27 21:30:00

Phillip L. Williams, a retired senior executive for Times Mirror Co. who served on its board of directors from 1985 until his retirement in 1993, died Nov. 18 at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after suffering a heart attack, his family said. The...

George Randolph Hearst Jr. dies at 84; L.A. Herald-Examiner publisher

2012-06-27 00:00:00

The demise of the Hearst newspaper empire in Los Angeles began in 1962 when publisher George Randolph Hearst Jr. abandoned the morning newspaper market. Hearst and the company that owned the Los Angeles Times made what some viewed as a back-room deal: At...

Beverly Hills school board opposes tax measure for transit projects

2012-10-11 11:32:48

Glendale councilman appeals his removal from Metrolink board

2012-07-19 21:34:33

Original wooden 'Trestles' at famed surf spot no more

2012-05-14 21:36:07

The end of Tribune's bankruptcy would launch a fresh period of uncertainty as the new ownership group moves to appoint its own board of directors and wrestles with the challenge of extracting value from a company still reeling from the historic changes sweeping the media industry.

2012-06-07 00:00:00

Steve Lyons, meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service San Angelo, Texas, office, is a possible hurricane center director candidate.

2012-02-17 13:07:26

Barbara Marshall, left, hands over the gavel to Wes Seastrom as he accepts his position as 2012 board of directors and chairman of the board during the La Canada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce Centennial celebration, which took place at La Canada Flintridge Country Club on Thursday, January 19,

2012-01-20 10:25:23