Corporate governance - Vigil

Uber’s proposal is a significant shift from its long-time independent contractor model, where drivers and couriers pick up riders or orders as they please but are not offered health insurance, vacation time or many other perks associated with traditional employment.

Three more Canadian digital companies are advancing toward initial public offerings on the Toronto Stock Exchange despite recent choppy markets, joining a rush to public listings by early-stage technology companies in this country unseen since the dot-com boom.

Credit Canada CEO Bruce Sellery speaks about his concerns for indebted Canadians once government support expires

Mark Bristow, chief executive of Barrick Gold Corp., joined Down to Business to discuss the many issues in front of the mining industry.

The U.S. and China are engaged in a confidence-building exercise that could show whether the world’s two largest economies can work together on shared priorities despite deep disagreements and a badly strained bilateral relationship.

The nearly $1.9 trillion relief package heading for House passage Wednesday is projected to help propel the U.S. economy to its fastest annual growth in nearly four decades, reduce poverty and revive inflation.

Global consulting giant names new leader to succeed Kevin Sneader, who failed to win a second term amid internal dissatisfaction with his handling of several crises

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development unveiled major upgrades to its global forecast on Tuesday. It said that "economic prospects have improved markedly in recent months," pointing to the deployment of coronavirus vaccines and additional stimulus announcements.

Bank of Montreal chief executive officer Darryl White saw his pay rise in the most recent fiscal year on the strength of a higher annual bonus and more pension-related compensation even as the bank missed some of its key financial targets.

A group of female leaders from Shopify has launched an investor collective called Backbone Angels to back early-stage female and non-binary founders, with a focus on Black, Indigenous and women-of-colour-led companies.

The deal values the combined company at around $2.3 billion

The European Union is bringing rules into effect on Wednesday that seek to regulate the fast-growing sustainable-finance industry for the first time. Managers of funds that invest in line with environmental, social or governance considerations, known as ESG, will have to put forward a tangible, measurable plan for how they will do so.

Next week, Japan’s central bank will formally review its monetary-policy strategy for the first time since 2016. Relatively little is expected from that review. Worse still, relatively little is expected of Japan.

Canadian engineering company SNC-Lavalin Group Inc is eyeing a bigger push into the United States as it positions itself to win a piece of billions of dollars in planned infrastructure spending and prove it can make money on a consistent basis after years of crisis.

Millions of COVID-19 vaccines set to pour into Canada will carry a tiny barcode that would allow the package to be tracked all along the supply chain, and could even help to connect a patient’s digital vaccination record to a specific dose. That level of tracking is taking place in other countries such as the United States – but won’t happen in Canada because the country lacks the technology to scan those barcodes.

The rate has been at 0.25 per cent now almost exactly one year after the central bank cut three times last March at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing it to the lowest it can go.

GE will receive $24bn of cash, a stake of 46 per cent in the combined company and $1bn of AerCap notes and cash when the deal is completed. It will also be entitled to nominate two directors to AerCap’s board.

Households look set to power the economic recovery—especially in America

As the economy starts to return to normal, companies that prospered during lockdowns brace for a shift in spending

The central bank is remaking an important part of its leadership structure – the 108 people who serve as directors at its regional banks – to look more like America.

London has been the unrivaled king of European finance for more than three decades. Brexit is starting to change that.

Quebec said Monday it will administer the newly approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to seniors, despite Canada’s national vaccine expert panel recommending against its use for people over the age of 65.

Since the outset of the pandemic, Canada has recorded nearly 59 deaths for every 100,000 people. That makes the country 57th overall in deaths per capita. Among Group of Seven countries, only Japan did a better job of preventing coronavirus deaths. In fact, Canada saw fewer deaths per capita than any European country except Estonia, Denmark, Belarus, Finland and Norway.

Inter Pipeline Ltd. on Tuesday asked shareholders to reject Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ hostile bid, saying the offer “significantly undervalues” the Canadian oil and gas transportation company.