Corporate governance - Vigil

But distributing vaccines will be just as challenging as developing them

Exxon Mobil Corp. is facing the threat of a proxy fight from a newcomer activist investor with a sustainability bent that wants the beleaguered energy giant to act faster to remake itself.

Companies may be required to disclose more information on carbon emissions, diversity and other types of sustainability metrics in the coming years if the incoming Biden administration carries through on its election promise.

If companies are going to pursue goals beyond profits, investors should be allowed to weigh in, argue these academics

A British private equity firm has purchased control of Benevity Inc., the darling of Calgary’s flourishing technology sector, in a deal valuing the company at US$1.1-billion.

The gains were mostly focused in full-time work with a gain of 99,000 jobs, offset somewhat by a decline in part-time work of 37,000 positions.

Canada’s main fossil-fuel producing province mulls hydrogen and geothermal power

U.S. job growth slowed sharply in November, suggesting the labor-market recovery is losing steam amid a surge in coronavirus cases and new business restrictions.

Glencore’s long-serving chief executive Ivan Glasenberg has finally anointed a successor, revealing Gary Nagle, head of the company’s coal business, as the miner and commodity trader’s next leader.

“As a private company we’d elected to remain under the radar,” Dr. Madden, Acuitas’ founder and CEO, said in an interview. “When we were involved in the development of COVID-19 vaccines … we thought it was important to let people know that a Canadian company and Canadian technology was playing a critical role.”

Perhaps. But that might not be so bad

China’s trade surplus widened to a record in November, as global demand for the country’s goods grew even more robust.

Don’t cut budgets—spend more. That is the prescription the European Union is giving its member governments.

Patrick Drahi, controlling shareholder of the Altice cable empire, is trying to take his European company private at an opportunistic valuation. This should serve as a warning to investors in Altice USA, Mr. Drahi’s U.S. company: There is little to stop the same thing happening to them.

Food delivery startup DoorDash Inc now expects to raise up to $3.14 billion in its U.S. initial public offering after boosting its price range on frenzied investor interest in technology stocks that have been boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

They say board diversity increases shareholder value. So let the market decide

The U.K. government will target an emissions cut of at least 68% by the year 2030, compared to 1990 levels, under plans announced Thursday.

Brexit trade negotiations are down to the wire this week. Even if the U.K. and European Union strike an accord, it won’t cover Britain’s most valuable industry, and one coveted by the EU: finance.

U.S. companies are sitting on the largest pile of cash ever. Investors are trying to gauge how they are going to use it.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce increase
reported lower fiscal fourth-quarter profit but still earned more than analysts had expected, as the bank named its next board chair.