As debate continued into the early hours of Thursday morning the conference's chairman, Mohammed Nasser al-Ghanim asked for a "feel of the room" noting afterwards that the resolution had majority support, while stressing that this was not a formal "vote".

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He told the packed hearing room that Ms. White served as chairman of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, likes to "crack open a cold can of Bud" and was effective on the basketball court as a member of a New York women's basketball league.

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In September Zell, who owns 18% of Idine and had become chairman a week earlier, pulled Henderson into a conference room at Miami International Airport and canned him.

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David Liddell, chairman of the Scottish Drugs Forum, welcomed the agency's report but said there was no room for complacency.

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Why is it that News Corp has not separated the roles of Chairman and CEO, a move that would bring a strong independent voice into the board room?

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The chairman of the Dubai state company that owns the ship, Istithmar World, said he expects the 300-room hotel to open within 18 months.

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While he was due at the end of the month to become chairman, the ousting on Friday of John Mayo, finance director and chief executive designate, prompted a board room rethink.

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Lee Garfinkel, who makes in the high six figures as chairman of DDB New York, sat shoulder-to-shoulder with his competitors as the tattooed grads rotated through the room in preassigned 15-minute meetings.

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