Under-fire BSkyB chairman James Murdoch and BP’s Carl-Henric Svanberg – criticised for keeping a low profile during the Gulf of Mexico crisis – are among the favourites for the chop.
A spokesman for one major investor with £20billion of assets under management said that while Svanberg was likely to survive in the short term, Murdoch was a dead man walking.
“In the case of BP, the window of opportunity has gone and there isn’t the critical mass to get him off the board,” she said. “Murdoch is a different kettle of fish. I wouldn’t fall off my chair if he had to resign in the next few weeks.”
- FTSE bosses brace for revolting 2017 as investors are encouraged by successful rebellions, ThisIsMoney.co.uk, December 24, 2011.
4. Pressure is building in Congress. Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who both serve on the Armed Services Committee, have argued for arming the Syrian rebels. Obama’s former State Department policy planning head Anne-Marie Slaughter was among the first to call for intervention. In late January, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said it’s only “a question of time” before President Bashar al Assad falls. In December, the State Department pointman said Syria’s leader was a “dead man walking.” More recently, White House press secretary said on Tuesday that “additional measures” such as rebel-arming may need to be taken if the international community keeps dithering.
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