Corporate governance - Vigil

The Federal Reserve will continue bolstering the U.S. economy through low interest rates and hefty asset purchases, Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday, stressing that the labor market remains stunted by the pandemic.

In South Korea and the U.K., companies that have profited during the pandemic are under the scrutiny of governments

Tyson Foods Inc faces pressure from nuns, the Teamsters union and asset managers to disclose more about its lobbying and human-rights policies, after meatpacking workers were ravaged by COVID-19 last year.

The federal government is making annual transit transfers to cities a permanent program, a move municipalities say will help them make longer-term spending decisions.

Montreal-based Lightspeed and Brookfield Renewable parent Brookfield Asset Management Inc. are attempting to take advantage of strong investor interest in tech and sustainable energy stocks by announcing marketed equity offerings, primarily led by global investment banks.

They were left for dead, or something very close to it.

The blank-check boom shows no signs of slowing, but there are reasons to be wary.

Coca-Cola Co will sell its popular sodas in bottles made from 100% recycled plastic material in the United States, the beverage maker said on Tuesday, in a major shift to combat plastic waste and reduce its carbon footprint.

A U.S. plan to force the sale of TikTok’s American operations to a group including Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. has been shelved indefinitely, people familiar with the situation said.

Large U.S. lenders saw their loan books shrink in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade, according to an analysis of Federal Reserve data by Jason Goldberg, a banking analyst at Barclays. The 0.5% drop was just the second decline in 28 years.

Blocking of takeover of retailer by Canadian suitor gives the illusion of sovereignty

Nasdaq Inc and the New York Stock Exchange have each sued the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to block a plan by the regulator to overhaul public data feeds that broadcast stock prices to investors, court filings show.

Microsoft is on top, followed by Apple, IBM and Amazon in the Drucker Institute’s annual Management Top 250 ranking

France’s Danone came under more pressure on Thursday to make management changes as a second shareholder voiced criticism of weak returns at the food group and demanded it split the roles of chief executive and chairman.

TMX Group Ltd.chief executive officer John McKenzie says he is working to foster a trading ecosystem in which Canadian biotech and pharmaceutical companies will choose to list domestically in an attempt to halt the flurry of companies in that sector heading south of the border to list on the Nasdaq.

Canada’s oldest retailer is teaming up with one of the country’s newest financial technology companies to offer a new credit card.

Maintaining payouts protects and creates jobs and growth

Health agencies and hospitals are using different formulas to allocate the coronavirus shots, exacerbating disparities in vaccine access.

Corporate executives who are supposed to help prevent a crisis can be the same people who, because of their misconduct, are responsible for causing a crisis.

Large U.S. lenders saw their loan books shrink in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade, according to an analysis of Federal Reserve data by Jason Goldberg, a banking analyst at Barclays. The 0.5% drop was just the second decline in 28 years.

To meet ambitious climate pledges, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft have become the dominant buyers of clean power.

Euro zone states must keep fiscal spending up this year and into 2022 to protect the bloc from permanent damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in an online interview with the Economist on Wednesday.