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Paul DeNicola of The Conference Board Named to Directorship 100
For Second Consecutive Year
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2010…Paul DeNicola, Director of The Conference Board Governance Center and Directors’ Institute, has been named to the Directorship 100, a list of the most influential individuals in corporate governance, for the second year in a row.
Published by Directorship magazine [...]

Online Job Demand Dips 57,100 in August, The Conference Board Reports
Online job demand dips in August after rising 139,200 in July
August picture mixed across the U.S. with moderate gains in Midwestern and Western States and dips in labor demand in the Northeast and South
Demand for management workers as well as service workers in sales, [...]

NEW YORK, August 31, 2010…The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® which had declined in July, improved moderately in August. The Index now stands at 53.5 (1985=100), up from 51.0 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 24.9 from 26.4. The Expectations Index increased to 72.5 from 67.5 last month.
The Consumer Confidence Survey® is based [...]

Proxy Access: A New Era for Shareholder-Board Relations
NEW YORK, August 26, 2010…The Securities and Exchange Commission’s 3-2 vote to grant shareholders “proxy access” represents significant progress for shareholder rights advocates and marks further movement toward a shareholder-centric corporate governance model in the United States, The Conference Board Governance Center said in a statement.
After many years [...]

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increases
Indicators Point to Slow Expansion Through 2010
NEW YORK, August 19, 2010…The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.1 percent in July to 109.8, following a 0.3 percent decline in June, and a 0.5 percent increase in May…
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NEW YORK, August 9, 2010…The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased in July for the 14th month in a row. The index now stands at 97.0, up from June’s figure of 96.7. The index is up 9.8 percent from a year ago. “The growth rate of the Employment Trends Index slowed sharply in the [...]

NEW YORK, August 6, 2010…Small Employment Gains Confirm a Slow-Growing Economy
The modest gain in private sector jobs confirm that the economy remains on a slow growth path, and it’s going to be a long haul to rev up the jobs machine. The current pace of employment is too slow to replace the more than 8 [...]