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Twitter made an important announcement last week: it was adding a woman, Marjorie Scardino, to its board.

Lets Talk Computers: Michael Miller from Que and Shannon Robb from Thermaltake interviewed on latest Let's Talk Computers broadcast, aired on 12/07/2013 - Audio Files Online NASHVILLE, TN - December 09, 2013 - Guests from Que and Thermaltake appear on radio talk show "Let's Talk Computers".

Faced with criticism over the lack of diversity on its board, Twitter announced the appointment of its first female board member, Marjorie Scardino, former CEO of media company Pearson.

Twitter Inc. has named former Pearson Plc CEO Marjorie Scardino to its board after the microblogging service faced criticism that it lacked women in its top ranks.

Twitter lacked any real profits... Twitter was astoundingly overvalued... and so forth.

You'd never know that women make up half the population from peeking inside Silicon Valley 's boardrooms.

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Twitter has hired the former Pearson chief executive Dame Marjorie Scardino to be the first woman on its board, after critics rounded on its all-male lineup.

After going public on November 7, Twitter added the first woman to its board : Marjorie Scardino, the former CEO of the education company Pearson.

Twitter has named Marjorie Scardino as a director, adding a woman to the all-white male board for which it's been sharply criticized.

Twitter, which has been looking to add a woman to its board of directors for some time , has pulled the trigger.

Scardino, for instance, vowed only to rid Pearson of the reportedly struggling financial newspaper over her dead body.

Dec. 3, 2013 - Every student has a story. Now teachers around the country can help students share their stories with the world, becoming real published authors through the web-based publishing application of TikaTok.com from Pearson.

Dec. 2, 2013 - Today Pearson unveiled a new way to quickly and accurately assess the spoken proficiency of Chinese language learners.

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Pearson PLC opened at 21.77 on Tuesday. Pearson PLC has a 52-week low of $17.08 and a 52-week high of $22.09.

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The departure of Angela Ahrendts from Burberry and Marjorie Scardino from Pearson has left Britain's FTSE100 boardrooms woefully short of women chief executives.

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