Corporate governance - Vigil

Combined company will produce about 1.5 million ounces of gold a year across West Africa, making it among 10 largest producers

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton will step down from his position at the end of the year, the Wall Street regulator said in a statement on Monday.

It is unambitious in scope but marks a win for China and a setback for India and America

Jay Clayton, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said on Monday he would depart the US securities regulator at the end of the year.

Fifteen countries including China signed a major trade deal after years of tricky negotiations, posing an early challenge to President-elect Joe Biden as he formulates his administration’s trade policies.

Government debts are piling ever higher as the coronavirus pandemic heads toward its second year, with many businesses and households in parts of the world still reliant on the public purse to stay afloat.

Moderna Inc. said its experimental coronavirus vaccine was 94.5% effective at protecting people from Covid-19 in an early look at pivotal study results, the second vaccine to hit a key milestone.

Swedish telecoms regulator PTS will appeal a court decision against its plan to exclude Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei from its 5G networks.

Data from the federal Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy show a marked decline in the number of business insolvencies since the start of the pandemic, an unusual sign of stability given the magnitude of the economic downturn this year.

Experts brace for explosion of filings once government support keeping 'zombie' companies artificially alive dries up

Too often, economists are reluctant collaborators

DoorDash Inc. unveiled paperwork for its initial public offering on Friday, showing the food-delivery service has grown at a blistering pace during the pandemic and turned a surprising quarterly profit in June before falling back to a loss in September.

Spain's BBVA is to sell its U.S. business to PNC Financial Services Group Inc for $11.6 billion in cash in one of the biggest global bank deals this year, which sees yet another European lender retreat from the United States.

Nowhere more so than in India

For years Microsoft tried and failed to crack the consumer telecoms market.

More than 30 of Europe’s largest companies, including Anglo American, BMW, EDF and Lufthansa, have been urged to include climate change risks in their financial statements as concerns grow that corporate accounts no longer reflect the longer-term outlook.

China’s economic activity posted a broad-based recovery in October, paving the way for a faster economic rebound in the final quarter of the year.

Nation is economically about halfway back from worst of pandemic, and economists say it might take until 2024 to get fully back

The British bank has scaled back in Europe and the U.S. and doubled down on Asia but that isn’t reflected in its senior ranks

Dorel Industries says it will exit the public market as part of a go-private deal led by Cerberus Capital Management LP and the family that has had voting control of the company for decades.

Wealth manager CI Financial Corp.'s rapid pace of expansion into the U.S. investment advisory market is not about to slow down, according to chief executive officer Kurt MacAlpine.

Newmont set new targets to cut emissions by 2030 and said it wants to go carbon neutral two decades later

Although the coronavirus is spreading unchecked, there are grounds for optimism

Retail giants have seen a surge in online traffic this year. That will help juice their profits over the long run, in more ways than one.