Corporate governance - Vigil

Shareholders of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. and Norbord Inc. have approved a $4-billion all-stock deal that will marry two of Canada’s big wood product producers.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. has urged the federal government to reject Air Canada’s takeover of Transat AT Inc.or impose conditions that would limit the combined companies’ market dominance.

Canada is lagging behind several other countries when it comes to reporting on environmental, social, and governance issues, says CPA

Faulty software set back a bid by the world’s largest car maker for electric-vehicle dominance

Disney's top executives, including chairman Bob Iger and Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek, will forgo their bonuses for 2020 "in light of the company's circumstances this year" related to the coronavirus, according to an SEC filing released Tuesday.

Leveraging other health-care professionals and, where appropriate, volunteers, will provide much-needed support to front-line physicians and nurses

Canada is spending in places that may not directly repair the damage that has been done by the virus

Damage to the environment from climate change, extreme weather and biodiversity loss is the main danger in the coming years, the World Economic Forum says, though the pandemic has highlighted the long-term risk of infectious diseases.

Tech giant will host cloud services for GM’s autonomous-vehicle subsidiary; Financing brings Cruise’s valuation to $30 billion

This risks widening the gap between rich and poor even further

Company says latest proposal is not in shareholders’ interests but is open to negotiations

Canadian inflation eased in December on sharply lower prices of airline tickets and slowing growth of food costs, capping the weakest year for growth since 2009.

Central bank expects the Canadian economy to contract in the first quarter of 2021

Thirty-seven CFOs stepped down from S&P 500 companies, up 27.6% from 2019

A big question hangs over Janet Yellen this week at her confirmation hearing to become U.S. Treasury secretary: How much debt is too much?

British companies are being urged to ensure investors are not locked out of shareholder meetings this year, after the pandemic forced the biggest ever upheaval of the annual events in 2020.

Brussels faces a steep climb in its effort to boost the international role of the euro as part of its quest to strengthen the EU’s self-reliance, investors and analysts said after the bloc set out new ambitions for the single currency. 

A board of directors needs to map out a crisis response, oversee it when it is put into practice, and evaluate it in the aftermath.

Central bank may be forced to confront inflationary pressures sooner than most of its peers

The sustainable energy unit of Power Corp., the family holding company, has partnered with Desjardins Group, Great-West Lifeco, National Bank of Canada and Switzerland’s Après-demain SA to seek out investments in Canada and the United States. The new fund, called Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Partnership, aims to invest the money over the next 24 to 36 months.

Office Depot rebuffed an unsolicited takeover offer from Staples but indicated it is open to an alternative deal, the latest twist in a yearslong dance between the office-supply retailers.

Yet while many investors and chief executives now take ESG seriously in their decision making, one powerful constituency is lagging: corporate boards.