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Toronto fell from the top 10 in 2019 to a dismal No. 43 this year
Tobacco giant gatecrashes agreement with Carlyle in quest to become ‘healthcare and wellness’ group
It wasn't a bad start for Andy Jassy, who on July 5th succeeded Jeff Bezos as boss of Amazon. The next day the share price of the digital empire, which Mr Bezos had led since founding it as an online bookshop in 1994, rose by nearly 5%, and its market value jumped above $1.8trn. Mr Jassy’s undoubted managerial virtues probably weren’t the reason. The likelier cause is the Pentagon’s decision to bin a cloud-computing deal with Microsoft.
New York City has become the first major American metropolitan area to open a real-time operational center to protect against cybersecurity threats, regional officials said.
Investor support for environmental and social shareholder proposals at Russell 3000 companies has increased significantly this year, based on early proxy season analysis from Georgeson.
The Canadian railroad reiterated its main arguments for the deal in a detailed filing with the Surface Transportation Board on Tuesday. Earlier this spring, regulators indicated they would take a cautious approach to approving Canadian National’s plan to set up a voting trust that would acquire Kansas City Southern and hold the railroad during the STB’s lengthy review of the overall deal.
Bank will target inflation of 2% over the medium term, in a compromise between conservative policy makers and those more worried about weak growth
Senior City executives could be forced to have their pay linked to progress in making their workforces more diverse and inclusive, the UK’s financial watchdogs have said.
Stellantis will invest more than €30bn to develop electric cars and software by 2025 as the carmaker plans to push up sales of battery and hybrid powered vehicles.
I think investors should be able to drill down to see what’s under the hood of these funds.
More than half-a-million US students are dropping out of college, leaving their economic futures uncertain.
Many boards adeptly adjusted to governance during the crisis, and continued to improve their approach to corporate governance even while concentrating on the immediate governance issues involved with keeping their businesses operational during a global pandemic.
The number of people getting their first COVID-19 vaccine doses is plateauing across the country, heightening the need to target harder-to-reach groups if Canada is going to achieve the vaccination levels needed to control the spread of infection.
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Stocks keep hitting new highs and getting more expensive, as if nothing could go wrong, and that’s when it often does.
Efforts to limit non-compete clauses are among the measures to stimulate growth
The e-commerce shipping software company will become a private company after its purchase
More than nine million Americans said in May that they wanted jobs and couldn’t find them. Companies said they had more than nine million jobs open that weren’t filled, a record high.
An analysis of European Union countries’ recovery plans shows widely differing green spending priorities.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is challenging Amazon by promising fast deliveries from China to anywhere in the world. WSJ visits Alibaba’s largest automated warehouse to see how robots and a vast logistics network are helping it expand globally.
SEC dismissed entire PCAOB board after report said chairman’s botched reform plan led to whistleblower complaints and infighting
Many U.S. companies have faced more challenges in the past few months than they have in years. In turn, boards of directors are navigating a complex landscape of pandemic-related risks and seeking guidance. What current topics still warrant careful discussions between boards, senior leadership teams and general counsels?
The US is piling pressure on the EU to shelve its plans for a levy on digital companies, arguing it could clash with Brussels’ pledge to avoid new punitive corporate taxes while negotiations on a landmark global tax deal are being finalised.
On June 11, 2021, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) published amendments to Japan’s Corporate Governance Code (the Code). In relation to the revision of the Code, the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) published the revised Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement (the Guidelines) on the same day. The Guidelines are a supplemental document intended to encourage institutional investors and companies to implement both Japan’s Corporate Governance Code and Japan’s Stewardship Code effectively on a “comply or explain” basis.
As Canada begins to emerge from the COVID-19 recession and our cities come back to life, there’s a certain dread lingering in the background for those looking for a place to call home.
Après deux mois et demi de baisse, les contaminations à la COVID-19 sont reparties à la hausse en Europe, principalement du fait du variant Delta.
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