Corporate governance - Vigil

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect Canadians’ food-buying habits, Sobeys owner Empire Company Ltd. is planning to accelerate the expansion of its e-commerce business.

GDP for 2021 could meet pre-pandemic predictions

It will still be unwell when the pandemic has passed The World Ahead

BlackRock has vowed to back more shareholder resolutions on climate and social issues at annual meetings, as the world’s largest asset manager faces growing pressure to use its clout to change companies’ behaviour.

How the home-sharing company reinvented itself during the pandemic and before its market debut

The European Central Bank scaled up its emergency bond-buying program by more than a third and unveiled a new batch of ultracheap loans for banks, a bold move aimed at backstopping the region’s governments and businesses as they navigate a stubborn resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this episode, Amy Simmerman & Steve Bochner, Partners at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, discuss the expected boardroom impact of the Biden administration

David Malpass says it will take two to three years to return to pre-pandemic levels of output as many developing nations struggle

Hydro-Québec is set to announce on Thursday the launch of a new business unit called EVLO that will design, sell and operate battery-based energy storage equipment. The public utility, Canada’s biggest electricity producer, is targeting as customers other power producers, transmission providers and distributors, and commercial and industrial clients needing medium- and large-scale storage.

Overcompensation in the first round of income support measures and a similar outcome in the second round will limit the options that can be considered as part of the additional targeted stimulus. The fiscal guardrails may come up sooner than expected, causing overcompensation to squeeze out federal spending that may be more effective and be better targeted to struggling Canadians.

Even though customers stuck at home they are spending more on holiday goods

The Bank of Canada has identified a new headwind that could offset some of the good news related to the earlier-than-expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines.

Dax Dasilva talks about the reasons behind the company's recent acquisitions as the retail and dining landscapes shift

It will still be unwell when the pandemic has passed

Goldman Sachs Group’s asset-management arm will pressure U.S. companies to appoint more women and members of under-represented groups to their boards, an executive said, but will stop short of setting specific numerical targets for racial and ethnic diversity as some activists urge.

Under the plan, data showing supply and demand for stocks will be added to public feeds

The price far exceeds the target range of $56 to $60 a share the company established earlier this week, which was higher than an earlier range as investors clamor for the stock in the midst of a historic boom in IPOs. Shares of the San Francisco home-rental startup are set to begin trading Thursday.

The record corporate borrowing boom fueled by the Federal Reserve’s pandemic response may be coming to an end. Wall Street bankers and investors are preparing for a sharp drop in corporate bond sales next year.

Why airlines are actually scheduling more long-haul trips in December despite low passenger demand and Covid-driven entry restrictions

Federal Reserve officials have been hesitant to give credence to market speculation that they will boost the stimulus they are giving to the economy via changes in their bond-buying program, as many of them have said renewed fiscal aid is what the economy really needs.

Security group GardaWorld said on Wednesday it has withdrawn its no-increase statement related to the offer price for G4S, which valued the British company at 3.7 billion pounds, and added it was considering its options.

Hydro-Québec is launching a new subsidiary that specializes in energy storage systems in a bid to help speed up development of renewable power and commercialize technology it has developed over four decades.

Bank of Canada keeps interest rate at 0.25 per cent