Corporate governance - Vigil

BlackBerry Ltd.’s quarterly software-and-services revenues are gradually returning to prepandemic levels as the company doubles down on its efforts to be a key component of the growing market for processing data in sensor-filled cars.

It's a worrying sign for an economy that relies on immigration for demand and to offset an aging demographic

That has helped keep Japan’s outbreak relatively small

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

The US commerce department has placed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation on its export blacklist, tightening the screws on China’s biggest chipmaker and ramping up technology tensions with Beijing.

Investigation concludes the relationship between the Rio Tinto board and CEO was a key factor in the Juukan Gorge scandal.

Audit committees are facing a tall order as they work to finalize financial reporting for a particularly challenging year. In addition to reporting precision, audit committees are concerned with year-end issues ranging from taxes to critical audit matters (CAMS). To complicate matters further, the audit committee’s role within ESG is still loosely defined. What can audit professionals do to gather clarity around expectations and standards?

The federal government has approved design changes to the Boeing 737 Max that will allow the plane to fly again in Canada after it was banned around the world last year following two deadly crashes.

The world’s highest-profile cryptocurrency jumped 10.5 per cent to $23,655, taking its gains this year past 220 per cent, buoyed by demand from larger investors attracted to its potential for quick gains and perceived inflation-hedging qualities.

Two trading platform subsidiaries of financial data and technology company Bloomberg L.P. are seeking to settle Ontario Securities Commission allegations that they operated in Canada without proper authorization and failed to provide candid, accurate and complete information to regulators.

The new kids v the old hands

Britain and EU to hold separate emergency meetings on Monday to deal with escalating crisis

Trying to salvage his relationship with regulators in a Nov. 2 meeting, the Chinese billionaire said he was ready to do what the country needed

The Weston family says it is selling some of its shares to George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd. in an internal reorganization.

Adding on needless regulations and budget-blowing subsidies, all while going it alone, could make carbon-pricing the most-cost way to reduce emissions

Tesla’s grand entrance into the S&P 500 is expected to be preceded by a huge trade, with an unprecedented $80 billion of the electric car maker’s stock changing hands by the end of the session on Friday.

Arne Sorenson of Marriott International and Julie Sweet of Accenture on wake-up calls and being good community citizens

The ongoing dispute between Tata Sons and the Shapoorji Pallonji Group is affording the Supreme Court of India a very rich opportunity to opine on some of the fundamental questions related to corporate governance. In October, when Tata Sons, the unlisted holding company of the Tata Group, sought to prevent the Shapoorji Pallonji Group from pledging their shares, questions were raised about the rights of a shareholder in a company.

The nature of ESG risks means that they do not get taken care of when “they’re slow” — but that they are impossible to catch up on when “they go fast.” So will companies really start taking ESG risks and opportunities seriously now?

European Union antitrust officials give the green light to the acquisition after Google promised concessions

The company says in its recently filed proxy circular that chief executive officer Bradley Shaw received a bonus of $5.27-million, down slightly from a $5.47-million bonus in the previous year. Four other top-paid executives received bonuses ranging from $774,400 to $964,000. For three of the four executives, the bonus payment jumped by nearly $100,000 from the year prior.

Canadian mutual fund manager CI Financial Corp. completed a US$72 million initial public offering of a Bitcoin fund to help clients access the cryptocurrency in the midst of an eye-catching rally.

Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn speaks with Aphria CEO Irwin D. Simon and Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy about the merger between the two companies, and how they are aiming for 30% of the Canadian market and expanding their footholds in the U.S. and Europe.