Corporate governance - Vigil

Rogers Communications Inc. executives have been saying all the right things about their commitment to a $20.4-billion takeover of rival Shaw Communications Inc. Over the next three months, hedge funds are betting the telecom company will show it is willing to put its money where its mouth is.

Canada’s Canopy Growth Corp said on Thursday it will buy rival Supreme Cannabis Co Inc for C$323.3 million ($256.85 million), as the world’s biggest cannabis producer bolsters its portfolio to tap surging demand.

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Federal Reserve officials pointed to a brighter outlook for the economy at their most recent meeting while agreeing to provide continued support through ultralow interest rates and large monthly bond purchases.

Bessemer employees would be the only unionized Amazon workers in a nation where memberships have dwindled

The $20 billion buyout offer for Toshiba by CVC Capital Partners gives the Japanese conglomerate a chance to part ways with activist investors and focus on growth strategy. But the deal faces a number of hurdles involving investors, management and regulators.

Transat AT Inc.’s largest shareholder says he will not sell his shares at the price offered by Pierre Karl Péladeau, and the airline should be able to go it alone if it receives government financing.

At least three potential bidders for Transat AT Inc. say they are not currently interested in acquiring the tour operator after Air Canada terminated its deal to purchase the struggling company late last week.

Toshiba Corp is considering a $20 billion offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese industrial conglomerate faces pressure from activist shareholders to improve governance.

Italian listed companies have increased the number of women serving on their boards but the number of female chief executive officers fell slightly last year, the market watchdog Consob said on Tuesday.

Organigram Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it has acquired The Edibles & Infusions Corp (EIC) in a $35 million stock deal, as the cannabis producer looks to tap surging demand for pot-based edibles and soft chews.

Now, following a strong pandemic-fuelled year for ecommerce, Intelcom is going global, thanks to a close relationship it’s fostered with a key client: Amazon.com. On Tuesday, Intelcom is announcing an expansion to Australia with a service called Dragonfly Shipping. It plans to cover 80 per cent of the country within two years and reach $100-million in revenues by 2025. After that, it hopes to expand across Latin America, where markets are similar to Canada.

General Motors Canada has closed a deal for three insurance companies to take on $1.8-billion of its retiree pension obligations, the largest transaction of its kind in the country’s history.

In documents sent to the 135 countries negotiating international taxation at the OECD in Paris and obtained by the Financial Times on Wednesday, the US Treasury laid out a plan that would apply to the global profits of the very largest companies, including big US technology groups, regardless of their physical presence in a given country.

In late March, CEOs representing leading innovative organizations from around the world joined McKinsey & Company in collaboration with the World Economic Forum for a discussion on the future of manufacturing

Agreement would be part of a wider overhaul of the way international businesses are taxed

The U.K. launched a new regulatory body aimed at policing allegations of anticompetitive behavior among the world’s largest technology companies, adding another agency to a growing list of watchdogs scrutinizing how tech giants use their market heft.

Sources say the order will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday morning and last for four weeks.

In the spotlight over racial and gender discrimination challenges, BlackRock is focused on "rooting out misconduct" as it simultaneously confronts a year of hardships wrought by the pandemic, its CEO said Wednesday in his annual letter to shareholders.

The I.R.S. believes the American drugmaker used an abusive offshore scheme to avoid federal taxes.

The move is the latest by a major airline group to shore up finances after more than a year of COVID-19 travel shutdowns and deep losses for the sector

The Ontario government considered plans to issue digital “immunity certificates” to people as they received their COVID-19 vaccinations, handing them a pass that could be stored on their smartphone and potentially checked by long-term care home attendants, employers or airline staff. But the province has not yet decided whether to proceed with the idea.

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