The board that oversees Florida's $94 billion state pension fund authorized fund directors to sue Alliance Capital Management L.P. over $282 million the fund lost on Enron Corporation shares.
Lord Black said on Monday that he would resign as chief executive but would stay on as chairman despite disclosures of more than $30 million in payments that were either not authorized by directors as the company had reported or not disclosed to shareholders at all.
Mr. Weinstein may not have authorized the director and producer Barry Avrich's rather pedestrian film.
Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, authorized CIA director George Tenet to use all approved torture techniques on him save waterboarding.
He said he had authorized Athletic Director Rick Greenspan to lead a panel that includes lawyers and other athletic officials to examine the N.C.A.A. allegations.
Directors authorized the expansion of the repurchase program to $8.8 billion, or about 17percentt of the market capitalization of about $51 billion.
That will happen only if the board approves the settlement; advisers are not authorized to replace directors.
The company also said that its board of directors authorized the use of $100 million for the repurchase of its common shares.
On Sunday, the charity's board of directors authorized the hiring of Lynne M. Abraham and the law firm Archer & Greiner to conduct an independent investigation into the Second Mile.
The assistant district attorney, John Moscow, lead prosecutor in the case, said evidence showed Mr. Belnick knew his bonus had to be authorized by Tyco directors and that they never approved it.
Litton Industries said yesterday that its directors authorized management to explore the sale of the company's Advanced Electronics group, the 12 divisions that make up Litton's navigation and electronic warfare businesses.
