Corporate governance - Vigil

Move comes after push by tourism-reliant countries badly hit by the pandemic

Many measures used in judging CEO pay not deemed ‘material’ to shareholder value despite pressure for their adoption, study finds

Abundant liquidity is meant to help markets. It might soon cause trouble

Empire Company Ltd. says it has signed a deal to buy a 51 per cent stake in specialty grocery store chain Longo’s and its Grocery Gateway e-commerce business for $357 million.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says there is now enough “real-world evidence” to show the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is both safe and effective for seniors.

The deal signals the end of another storied Western Canadian company as a standalone business stalwart

In a secret settlement in Virginia, Amazon swore off threatening and intimidating workers. As the company confronts increased labor unrest, its tactics are under scrutiny.

France, Germany, Italy and Spain co-ordinated their decision to temporarily suspend the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in an effort to help protect public confidence, France’s industry minister said, as Sweden became the latest nation to suspend use of the shot.

The activist investor leading a proxy fight to reshape Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday named the four directors it wants shareholders to remove at the oil company’s upcoming annual general meeting.

Rogers Communications Inc’s efforts to secure its C$20 billion ($16 billion) acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc could be insufficient to overcome regulatory hurdles and political opposition amid concerns Canadians face some of the world’s highest phone bills.

A Montreal-area electric vehicle maker says the $100-million investment from Ottawa and Quebec announced Monday for a battery pack assembly plant will help make its fleet less expensive.

Rogers Communications Inc. plans to acquire Western Canadian rival Shaw Communications Inc. for $20.4-billion in a deal that unites two family dynasties in a nationwide battle for customers against BCE Inc. and Telus Corp.

Speed of vaccination and size of rescue packages help explain the widening path to recovery

In his first major speech detailing policy changes, the Financial Conduct Authority’s chief executive, Nikhil Rathi, said that premium listed companies must build more diverse boards.

Reclassification is a victory for labor activists, though further legal wrangling looms over implementing a guaranteed minimum wage

Rogers Communications Inc. will pay the Shaw family in a different manner than other shareholders of Shaw Communications Inc., a move that splits Shaw’s ownership base in two and gives the controlling family the potential to benefit from a rise in Rogers’ share price.

The big banks take pains to say that the vast majority of the money they pay their CEOs is “variable” or “at risk.” However, 2020 showed us that when the books close on a disappointing year, the CEOs’ paycheques don’t vary significantly from prior years, or seem to be much at risk at all.

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Alberta Investment Management Corp sell proxy advisor

Cogeco Inc. is looking isolated after turning down a multi-billion offer to sell to Rogers Communications Inc. last year, only to see Rogers and Shaw Communications Inc. agree Monday to a $26-billion merger of two of Canada’s largest cable and telecommunications companies.

But there could be a silver lining for the Montreal-based telecommunication company, which could finally land a coveted wireless business if competition concerns force the newly merged behemoth to sell Shaw’s Freedom Mobile.

A sandstorm and rising pollution caused another “airpocalypse”, sending air-quality monitors off the scale

So far, 13 countries in the European Union have taken this decision, while a few others have stopped using individual batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Brand management company WHP Global announced it has acquired a controlling interest in Tru Kids, the parent company of the Toys R Us and Babies R Us brands.

Volkswagen plans to build half a dozen battery cell plants in Europe and expand infrastructure for charging electric vehicles globally, accelerating efforts to overtake Tesla and speed up mass adoption of battery-powered cars.

In a bid to unite two of the country’s largest independent wealth management platforms, Toronto-based Canaccord sent RF Capital’s board a letter last Tuesday offering $2.30 a share for the company, a price that’s 31 per cent above where its shares were trading. The following day, the board at RF Capital turned down the bid, without offering reasons, according to a press release from Canaccord on Monday.