Corporate governance - Vigil

Increase in rate planned by the Biden administration might hit investment by companies

The world’s most famous conglomerate will struggle to outlast its feted founder in its current form

Drugmakers and government labs are developing doses easier to take and transport to tackle coronavirus variants and avert future pandemics

António Horta-Osório promised an urgent review of risk management, strategy and culture at Credit Suisse, as he took over as the new chair of the ailing bank.

For those corporate boards that haven’t been paying much attention to climate change, now might be a good time to start reconsidering that position. For on Earth Day 2021 two separate but major initiatives were announced that are likely to increase the pressure on boards to recognize climate as a significant enterprise risk and to more closely monitor management’s engagement on climate matters.

A broad majority of U.S. employers, 65%, plan to offer employees incentives to get vaccinated and 63% will require proof of vaccination, according to an ASU/Rockefeller Foundation survey.

Youth make up 20% of Canada's cases in the pandemic, but less than 2% of hospitalizations

Every adult in Canada’s two largest provinces will be eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment before the end of May as the country’s immunization campaign kicks into its highest gear yet.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s widely anticipated annual meeting on Saturday will be held virtually for a second year but reclaim one bit of normalcy as Charlie Munger rejoins fellow billionaire Warren Buffett to answer shareholder questions.

For many cryptocurrency supporters and investors, regulatory approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the United States represents the holy grail. It would allow the crypto-curious to get exposure to Bitcoin without having to buy the tokens themselves, signifying that digital assets are really, truly mainstream.

Ottawa will spend an extra cumulative $104.4-billion over seven years on elderly benefits, while additional cumulative spending on children’s benefits and child care will tally just under half that amount, at $52-billion.

According to a new survey, the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated operational changes and stronger collaboration between directors and management that are key to a board’s success.

Company’s 58-year old vice-chair will eventually become CEO

Microsoft Corp. last week announced steps it plans to take in the next five years to improve accessibility to people with disabilities, promising to ramp up its development of related technology, create opportunities for more of them to enter the workforce and make its own workplace more inclusive for them.

Wireless company retreats from the media sector, but will retain 10% stake in digital-media business

The emissions targets are the world’s best hope of limiting global warming, but they are falling short

For those corporate boards that haven’t been paying much attention to climate change, now might be a good time to start reconsidering that position. For on Earth Day 2021 two separate but major initiatives were announced that are likely to increase the pressure on boards to recognize climate as a significant enterprise risk and to more closely monitor management’s engagement on climate matters.

The firm votes on behalf of the investors in its many funds. For the roughly 170 ESG shareholder proposals it voted on during the first half of the proxy year, BlackRock backed 91% of environmental proposals, 23% of social proposals and 26% of corporate-governance proposals.

Chinese officials have called in 13 tech companies to ask them to “rectify prominent problems” on their platforms, in a sign that the regulatory pressure on the fintech sector extends beyond Jack Ma’s Ant Group.

I think that the results that you see now are more a function of Bell getting much better at operating in this environment'

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A clear understanding of its economic effects has been a long time coming

A fight over access to accounts of Chinese companies spells danger for PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG 

The Montreal-based telecom had $687-million of profit during the first quarter, down 6.3 per cent from $733-million during the same period last year. Bell attributed the decline to higher severance, acquisition and other costs, as well as higher expenses related to depreciation and amortization.

Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about a ‘weird’ pandemic problem: shortage of skilled workers in Canada.