Corporate governance - Vigil

Economics generally pays surprisingly little attention to demography, even though the ageing and shrinking of the population in so many parts of the world is a striking and new phenomenon in human history.

Salesforce.com Inc. agreed to buy messaging company Slack Technologies Inc. in a $27.7 billion deal that shows how the biggest players in cloud computing are racing to add muscle amid the pandemic’s remote-work boom.

Bombardier and Alstom say they have received all the necessary regulatory approvals required to complete the US$8.4-billion sale of the Canadian company’s railway division to Alstom.

Volkswagen, the world’s largest vehicle maker by sales, risked a leadership crisis on Tuesday after Chief Executive Herbert Diess forced a vote of confidence in his reform efforts by asking for an early contract extension.

The Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal ended their 2020 fiscal years on a relative high note, as both lenders reported on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings that were better than expected, albeit still buffeted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bank of Montreal is winding down its U.S. oil and gas investment banking business and will focus on assets in Canada going forward, becoming the latest financial institution to cut ties with America’s beleaguered shale industry.

Airbnb Inc is aiming for a valuation of nearly $35 billion in what will be the last blockbuster U.S. IPO of the year, marking a stunning recovery in its fortunes after the home rental firm was ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year.

Target company, which specializes in customer-service platforms and chatbots, fits Facebook’s move into ‘social commerce’

Moderna a soumis lundi le dossier de son vaccin contre la COVID-19 à Santé Canada et espère qu’il sera approuvé « d’ici quelques semaines ». L’entreprise américaine a dévoilé lundi des résultats encourageants, avec un taux d’efficacité semblable pour les personnes âgées.

In its latest economic outlook, the OECD said it expects the global economy to contract 4.2% this year. That reflects an upward revision from an estimate made in September that pointed to a 4.5% fall in real GDP.

As domestic deals become a popular strategy for dealing with Europe’s low banking returns, the resignation of Unicredit’s CEO highlights the risks

Nikola Corp. isn’t turning out to be the next Tesla that investors—and General Motors GM —were hoping for.

The first female leader of a major Wall Street bank has always enjoyed ‘playing the game differently’

The U.K. became the first Western nation to grant emergency-use authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine, clearing a shot developed by Pfizer Inc. of the U.S. and BioNTech SE of Germany to be distributed in limited numbers within days.

Sources briefed on the deal said Element AI sold for less than US$400-million, well below its valuation when it last raised money in 2019, but added none of its investors would lose money. The Globe and Mail is not disclosing the sources’ identity as they are not authorized to discuss the deal.

Nine out of 10 large Canadian companies now publish environmental, social and governance data, but the level of disclosure and standards used for reporting are still far from universal – a situation that frustrates major investors.

The Canadian economy roared back to life in the third quarter, recording its biggest ever expansion, but it was a lower than expected increase and early data show the momentum is quickly fading.

Canada’s third quarter annualized growth soared by a record 40.5%, rebounding from a historic plunge in the second quarter, as businesses and stores reopened from COVID-19 lockdowns, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.

Britain and the European Union warned each other on Monday that time was running out to reach a Brexit trade deal, with big differences still to be bridged on state aid, enforcement and fishing.

Credit Suisse has appointed António Horta-Osório as its next chairman, picking the outgoing chief executive of Lloyds Bank to help steer the lender through the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

The European Central Bank’s chief economist made dozens of private calls to banks and investors after policy meetings this year, an unusual attempt to buttress the central bank’s sometimes-puzzling public communications, according to three people with whom he spoke and a review of his schedule.

Between 19% and 36% of all business trips could disappear, given efficiencies developed during the lockdown, our Middle Seat columnist and airline experts estimate