Corporate governance - Vigil

Some companies likely will have to significantly change how they secure data to continue working with European companies, under draft guidelines issued last week by the European Union that require increased privacy safeguards for information transferred outside the bloc.

Shot could be on track to go into distribution by the end of the year if health regulators permit

Uncertainty in 2020 has put activism on hold in most regions, according to Activist Insight data. But what's in store for 2021?

Prior to the pandemic, hedge funds looking for takeover plays in the financial sector had a novel tactic: Track the flights of corporate jets owned by Canada’s big banks.

On Tuesday, the Kraft Heinz Co. decrease
announced that most of its ketchup sold in Canada will be manufactured at its facility in Montreal, starting next summer. The company will be investing $17-million to build two new production lines, including a $2-million forgivable loan under the Quebec government’s ESSOR program.

Alberta’s hydrocarbon-based economy could be re-tooled to capture a $100-billion-per-year market in hydrogen-based energy and diversify the provincial government’s revenues away from oil and gas, according to a new report.

These leaders offer their thoughts as the year comes to a close.

Hopes have risen of an end to the pandemic, but the bloc’s countries and companies must navigate a turbulent period first

Spanish lender Banco Santander is paying about €100m for Wirecard’s core business in Europe in a transaction that marks an important step towards the dismantling of the disgraced German payments provider, which collapsed into insolvency this summer.

Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday customers can buy prescription medications through a new store on its platform, a move that comes as more people grow increasingly accustomed to shopping online.

The U.K. is making its big corporate and financial sectors think more rigorously about climate change. There could be write-downs, but also reassurance for investors that problems aren’t building up out of sight.

As Carolyn Wilkins prepares to vacate one of the most critical positions at the Bank of Canada, she’s actually hoping that the organization won’t much miss her. In fact, she’d take that as a compliment.

The U.S. on Wednesday approved Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX jets for passenger flights again after dual crashes took 346 lives, issuing a set of long-anticipated safety directives and notices to airlines globally that will help resolve the plane maker’s biggest pre-pandemic crisis.

The tie-up offers more proof that companies remain interested in making big bets on the U.K. despite the uncertainty over the potential economic fallout after the country completes its split from the European Union at the start of next year. The deal would be the fourth largest involving a U.K. target this year after Liberty Global PLC’s $12.3 billion pact to acquire Telefonica SA’s O2 telecommunications business, according to Dealogic.

Japan will likely need several years before it can issue a digital currency due to various hurdles including the need for measures that would prevent huge outflows from private bank deposits, a former Bank of Japan executive said on Tuesday.

Most anywhere else in Canada, this announcement would have qualified as revolutionary. Other than in British Columbia, no current provincial government is taking anywhere near this degree of responsibility in the fight against climate change.

It's so big the index is seeking feedback from the investment community to determine if Tesla should be added all at once or in two pieces

JD has long been in the shadow of the $700 billion company founded by Jack Ma. While investors have spent years fawning over Alibaba’s asset-lighter business, Liu has struggled to justify his company’s heavy spending and lower profitability as he built out an Amazon-like structure.

Sometimes a corporate director who’s the main source of a company’s reputational problems is the last one to recognize it.

The first female president of the E.C.B. recalibrates its mission.

Airbnb has revealed for the first time the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its business, as it prepares for a stock market debut in December.

Airbnb Inc. unveiled paperwork for its initial public offering on Monday, showing the home-sharing giant turned a profit in the third quarter after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to overhaul its business and shed costs.

China’s Huawei Technologies Co. moved to shore up its U.S.-sanctions-damaged business by selling budget smartphone brand Honor to a state-led consortium.

Chinese companies with shares traded in America would be required to use auditors overseen by U.S. regulators or face being kicked off exchanges under a plan being drafted by regulators, according to people familiar with the matter.