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lead directors

Outsiders Upfront “Lead directors are gaining clout on U.S. boards, a development that gives the boards the potential to become more effective counterweights to powerful chief executives. The role is a compromise created in the era of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Lawmakers wanted to beef up boards to cut down on corporate shenanigans, but they [...]

2011-01-14T01:53:51-06:00WORDS|
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ghost/ shadow inventory

homes financed by mortgage loans on which no payments are being made but have yet to be listed in a foreclosure sale.   [R]eal estate agents and mortgage brokers wary of optimism are focusing on a new term that has entered the housing lexicon: ghost inventory. Banks appear to be sitting on thousands of homes [...]

2011-02-26T10:02:11-06:00Accounting, Business, Construction, Consumers, Demographics, Disruptive Technology/ Developments, Economics, Finance, Housing, Investment, Real Estate, Risk Management, Suburban Living, United States, WORDS|
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