Corporate governance - Vigil

The Bank of Canada is still on course to raise interest rates to 0.50 per cent towards the end of next year, according to economists polled by Reuters, despite a surprise contraction in economic growth last quarter.

Investor activist ShareAction says many lenders are lagging in their commitment to cut financing to carbon polluters

Delta variant undoes expectations; hiring and consumer spending slow in the face of fresh uncertainty

JD.com’s founder and CEO Richard Liu is stepping back from day-to-day operations while the Chinese e-commerce giant said it has created a new president role.

The U.S. railway says its board of directors unanimously determined that CP’s unsolicited proposal worth about US$31-billion including debt could “reasonably be expected to lead to it becoming a superior proposal” to CN’s bid, worth about US$33.6-billion including debt.

Overall, the poll shows that 27 per cent of Canadians are willing to pay more in areas like taxes and the price of gas to help the country hit its emissions targets. A further 27 per cent said they were somewhat willing to pay more. However, 30 per cent said they were not willing to pay more, 14 per cent said they were somewhat unwilling and two per cent said they were unsure.

Canadian National Railway Co.’s C second-largest investor is marshalling support among other shareholders to oust CN’s top executive and chairman after the railway failed to win initial U.S. regulatory approval for the takeover of Kansas City Southern

Quebec’s new vaccine passport triggered a range of reaction at businesses across the province, as many complied with the requirements while others denounced the process as they turned away customers.

The British government is planning a tax hike for around 25 million people to help fund adult social care and the National Health Service, newspapers reported on Friday.

How many people have died because of the covid-19 pandemic? The answer depends both on the data available, and on how you define “because”.

Tax changes like the ones brought by last year’s stimulus payments often trigger a surge in such problems

In recent weeks, Chevron executives met with representatives of Engine No. 1, the investment firm that led the successful fight to win three seats on Exxon’s board, people familiar with the matter said. Chevron shared some of its plans to reduce carbon emissions during the talks, which were described as cordial, and Engine No. 1 gave no indication that it would pursue a campaign against Chevron, the people said.

Only Russians are more likely to express reservations about the covid-19 jab

Recent M&A might provide a welcome boost for U.S. marijuana growers’ weak share prices

Intel Corp. plans to build new chip-making facilities in Europe valued at up to $95 billion, responding to a cross-border race to add manufacturing capacity at a time of a global chip-supply crunch.

The government is rolling out bitcoin ATMs, an e-wallet and stylish kiosks, but the launch got off to a bumpy start

Coroner Géhane Kamel’s inquest details multiple troubling episodes where the pandemic turned LTCs into charnel houses

Microsoft, other companies use difficult-to-measure information about suppliers and customers to reach emissions totals

Bank of Nova Scotia is shuffling key executives within its wealth management business, including the appointment of a new leader at the bank’s investment brokerage, ScotiaMcLeod Inc., as it ramps up its focus on the lucrative high-net-worth investor segment.

FedEx Corp shareholders should reject founder and CEO Fred Smith's $54 million pay package because the logistics company gave him stock options after scrapping a cash bonus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to reinstate it later, the Teamsters labor union said on Friday.

The British government is planning a tax hike for around 25 million people to help fund adult social care and the National Health Service, newspapers reported on Friday.

As anyone involved with ESG will attest, the current level of demand for ESG leadership talent is unsurpassed and unrelenting.

Singapore will become the first major financial hub in Asia to allow blank-check companies to list.