Corporate governance - Vigil

The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.

Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will cost under $20 per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year, its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday.

Fiscal update would outline pandemic measures as well as ways to 'ensure that the post-COVID economy is robust, inclusive and sustainable'

The electric carmaker’s debut on the S&P 500 will be the biggest on record, instantly making Elon Musk’s company one of the largest weights on the blue-chip US stock index.

Now that Oregon voters have agreed to end nearly all criminal penalties for drug possession, state officials have just over two months to set up a new recovery-focused system, a task that is particularly complicated due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Large businesses are starting to hold their chief information officers accountable for the results of corporate-wide digital business operations, giving them much wider responsibility within the organization.

A large spotlight is shining on corporate actions these days, and all stakeholders have growing expectations. A board’s involvement in defining purpose helps meet those expectations.

The company’s new CEO has a long-shot plan to finally turn a profit—and rescue the $5-billion investment made by his old bosses at Constellation Brands

Telus Corp. plans to move entirely away from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. as a supplier of gear for superfast 5G mobile networks. It says instead that it will rely solely on telecom manufacturers from Western countries, as well as South Korea, because it expects Ottawa will eventually restrict the use of the Chinese company’s equipment in Canada.

Gatik, a Silicon Valley-based self-driving startup, announced a partnership with Loblaw Companies Limited Monday to deploy a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles in Toronto.

Moderna Inc. chief executive officer Stephane Bancel offloaded another $1.74 million of shares last week while the world awaits for the biotech company to be the second company to file its vaccine for emergency use in the U.S.

Virgin Atlantic doesn’t act alone to fly passengers. It relies on a constellation of companies employing people around the globe — all of whom are touched by the disappearance of travelers.

The European economy appears set for a fresh contraction in the final quarter of 2020, as business surveys indicate that lockdowns aimed at containing the coronavirus have led to a sharp decline in activity in the dominant services sector.

When Christy Wyatt became CEO of Absolute Software Corp., she realized few people outside the cybersecurity company seemed to understand what it did. One shareholder would ask why Absolute wasn’t more focused on profitability; the next would want to know why the company was so focused on profitability. Some peppered her with questions about services Absolute no longer offered.

The world’s most popular cryptocurrency was last up 4.8% at $19,225, just shy of its all-time record of $19,666 hit in December 2017. Bitcoin has gained around 25% in the last two weeks alone, and is up around 160% this year.

China on Monday claimed extreme poverty has been eliminated nationwide, the capstone of a Communist Party policy to reduce inequities in society.

The best-performing big oil stock this year is one roundly rejected by global investors: Saudi Aramco. Most of the credit belongs to its shareholders rather than its management.

Improved long-term returns and risk mitigation are the key motivators behind ESG integration, with social seen as the most difficult element to analyze and integrate, according to a series of snap polls held at the recent Truvalue Labs ESG Investing Forum.

Boralex Inc. has signed a deal to buy controlling interests in seven solar power plants in the United States from Centaurus Renewable Energy LLC and other investors for $283 million.

It looks like Canada’s COVID-19 pandemic will be a three-period game. Things are now moving into the second period, and they are not going well. We are surviving, but hardly winning.

The TSX will post double-digit gains to hit a record 19,500 by the end of 2021 as the bull market roars back to life, predicts BMO chief investment strategist Brian Belski in his latest market outlook.

Accelerating shift to electric vehicles could hasten peak in oil demand despite oil companies' best efforts to reduce emissions

Moderna Inc. chief executive officer Stephane Bancel offloaded another $1.74 million of shares last week while the world awaits for the biotech company to be the second company to file its vaccine for emergency use in the U.S.