Corporate governance - Vigil

ASEAN has always been on an upward-growth trajectory, but how has COVID-19 affected the region?

Initial claims for benefits jump to highest level since pandemic began; Fed chairman says job market has a long way to go

Traditional automakers have struggled to sell electric cars. That could change as Ford, Volkswagen and others introduce new models.

“My answer is extremely clear: we are not in favour of the deal,” said Bruno Le Maire, French finance minister, in an interview with BFM TV on Friday. “The no is polite but it’s a clear and final no.”

Wells Fargo & Co posted a small rise in quarterly profit on Friday that beat Wall Street estimates, as stabilizing credit costs helped offset the hit from low-interest rates meant to prop up the ailing economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chinese smartphone giant was a surprise inclusion on list of companies U.S. says support China’s military

The pandemic could amount to $10trn in forgone GDP over 2020-21

Nine other Chinese companies will be added to Pentagon’s Chinese military companies list

Desjardins Financial Services Firm Inc. has agreed to pay a $1-million penalty after industry regulators found it was offering its financial advisers higher compensation to sell its own proprietary mutual funds.

Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is facing an uphill battle with its brazen play for French grocer Carrefour SA after drawing fire from the French government and raising questions about its strategy among surprised investors.

Alphabet Inc’s Google has completed its $2.1 billion acquisition of wearable device maker Fitbit Inc, the companies said on Thursday.

World’s largest fund manager boosted by run in equities that helped it beat forecasts

India is gearing up for one of the largest mass vaccination exercises beginning Saturday as it aims to inoculate more than 20% of its 1.3 billion people against Covid-19 in the first phase.

In the contest between mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, investors have been voting with their wallets lately for E.T.F.s. Now at least three fund issuers intend to convert some of their mutual funds to E.T.F.s.

JPMorgan Chase & Co reported a much better-than- expected jump in fourth-quarter profit on Friday as it released some of the cash it had built up against coronavirus-driven loan losses and benefited from continued strength in its trading and investment banking units.

France’s Total on Friday became the first major energy company to quit the largest U.S. oil and gas lobby because of differences over climate policies.

Chip giant’s next leader brings engineering background, Christian faith to company confronting array of challenges

The pandemic has ushered more robots into factories, warehouses and back offices. They are here to stay

The deal announced Thursday is an attempt by TD to bulk up its own equipment financing business in Canada, the bank said in a press release. The business run by Wells Fargo is headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., just west of Toronto, but also has regional offices in Montreal and Calgary.

Higher debt is not only a burden, but also exposes provinces to increasingly challenging fiscal risks

Tata Group plans to invest in digital, high-end electronics and healthcare in a post-pandemic world, the $100 billion conglomerate’s chairman said on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Delta announced Bellemare had been named president-international of the American airline.