Another company involved in the drilling, PT Medco Energy, has accused a drilling subcontractor called Federated International (2000)—one of whose directors is a nephew of Mr Bakrie of "gross negligence".
Such sentiments were echoed by best actress winner Julianne Moore, who took the award for her portrayal of a woman diagnosed with early onset dementia in Still Alice, one of whose directors is an ALS sufferer.
The announcement surprised EDF, whose directors were preparing to sign contracts with the government on Friday.
Nor do shareholders' votes have any influence because the only effective shareholder votes are those of the big institutions whose directors are on the same gravy train.
Some of Human Rights Watch's claims are supported by the investigations of two government agencies whose directors are close to Mr. Chávez.
For example, the event went almost unmentioned on Palestinian television news programs, whose directors are highly responsive to the leadership around Mr. Arafat.
The governor was ex officio a director and president of the Panama Canal Company, an American corporate body whose directors were charged with operating and maintaining the canal in a businesslike manner.
The Seattle Public Library, a beloved civic trophy in a book-loving city, whose directors are plucked away for plum jobs by presidents and philanthropists and whose buildings are often beacons of design, is closed all week — yet again.
Instead, 800,000 shares, valued at 1.7 billion lire, in a company called Cantieri Riuniti Milanesi (CRM), a small property company, one of whose directors was Mr Dell'Utri, were given to Ms Casati Stampa.
Mr Mahady was earlier linked with the collapse of Access to Justice, a company whose directors were Lord Moyne, who is Jonathan Guinness of the brewing dynasty, Sir William Shelton, and Suffolk landowner Sir Charles Blois, who claims to have lost well over pounds 500,000 lending to Delt and Access.
Governor Rowland met with Enron executives four days before the state's trash agency, the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, whose directors are appointed by the governor and the state legislature, approved a payment of $220 million to Enron.
