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  1. "Financial tsunami" RT @dougchia: Most overused phrase of 2009: "too big to fail," "black swan" or "perfect storm"?
  2. Great idea to solve rating agency conflict problem RT @dougchia: Paper: "Investor Owned & Controlled Rating Agencies" http://bit.ly/4lfye4.
  3. Ultimately, of course, it's shareholders' and consumers' money. @nminow: http://bit.ly/4C4mr4 Huffpost - Who Funds The Chamber Of Commerce?
  4. Who would you name as really reforming their corp governance after a scandal or major failure (like HealthSouth, Disney, Tyco, Tenet, etc?)
  5. Warnaco & Tenet Heathcare, too. RT @dougchia: Disney and Tyco also good examples (re HealthSouth as "phoenix firm" leading corp gov reform)
  6. Major news! Shows "phoenix firms" can lead corp gov reforms. RT @NYTimesDealBook: HealthSouth to Reimburse Proxy Fights http://bit.ly/SC6n2
  7. Great piece on Nell Minow, exec comp and boards in this week's New Yorker by my friend David Owen. (Unfortunately not avail online.)
  8. RT @footnoted: A friend nominated me for this small biz contest. I need 50 endorsements. http://bit.ly/btEUu
  9. Interviewed Dennis Kozlowski in jail ystrday for my book on corp boards. Fascinating - said weak board helped lead to Tyco's problems.
  10. RT @nminow: A free and (very) frank exchange of ideas with 10 comp committee chm thanks to Tapestry Networks.
  11. Mozilo email:"Boards...under enormous pressure by...left-wing anti-business press...envious leaders of unions...so-called CEO Comp Watchers"
  12. RT @TimOBrienNYT: Gretchen Morgenson re S.E.C.'s move to possibly let dissidents nominate board directors: http://bit.ly/ZCDWy #business $$
  13. RT @NYTimesDealBook: Strangling Corporate Governance to Save It http://bit.ly/nx3dj
  14. RT @TimOBrienNYT: Gretchen Morgenson looks at CEO pay, via the NYT: http://bit.ly/18KzFf
  15. RiskMetrics webcast today by Target & Pershing Sq. re alternative board nominees absolutely fascinating -- future for proxy contests?
  16. "free report" @thecorplibrary on Twitter
  17. RT @nminow: Launch of Corporate Library blog: http://blog.thecorporatelibrary.com/blog/
  18. @LofT910 Real proxy access would be the best approach, but look at what Norway & Spain are requiring for diversifying their corp boards.
  19. SEC 's Shapiro warns mutual fund directors re temptations to cut corners, decrease services, take on additional risks: http://bit.ly/13J4Vm
  20. @footnoted Greenspan reportedly told Brooksley Born (1996): "I don't think there is any need for a law against fraud." http://bit.ly/11mEh