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18 Dec 2007
Shareholders should be putting more pressure on boards to be evaluated by external experts, according to a new report – as long as they can agree what it is they're supposed to be doing.
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Shareholders should be putting more pressure on boards to be evaluated by external experts, according to a new report – as long as they can agree what it is they're supposed to be doing.
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