Corporate governance - Vigil

California recently passed a law requiring employers to file equal pay reports annually, starting in March 2021. Colorado and a dozen other states have either passed or are considering a variety of pay transparency bills. And there are “no signs of it slowing down,” says Tom McMullen, who leads the global rewards and pay equity practice at Korn Ferry.

Walmart Inc. has ended its effort to use roving robots in store aisles to keep track of its inventory, reversing a yearslong push to automate the task with the hulking machines after finding during the coronavirus pandemic that humans can help get similar results.

Canada’s merchandise trade deficit grew to $3.3 billion in September as both exports and imports climbed higher, but remained below their pre-pandemic levels, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

With colder weather on the horizon in many parts of Canada, experts have said that testing is key to stopping a second wave of the coronavirus. Yet it’s clear a second wave is already well underway in many places. On this week’s Down to Business, Richard Warnica, a staff writer for the National Post, discussed the business of testing.

The yuan’s recent appreciation against the dollar has merely kept it in line with the yen and the euro. This raises the question, sure to rankle with officials in Beijing, of whether China is again manipulating its currency.

The US is the only country that has formally left the Paris accord, although several other nations including Brazil have talked about quitting.

Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and DoorDash Inc. won a pivotal vote in California that exempts them from reclassifying their drivers as employees, according to the Associated Press.

Move prompts reassessment of whether the company’s growth and profitability will be severely crimped by Beijing in the years ahead

When, not if, Rogers exits, the company faces two significant issues. First, both Cogeco and Cogeco Communications are relatively illiquid stocks. Selling Rogers’s massive blocks into the open market would knock back the share price.

The president has set a deadline of 2060 to be ‘net-zero’ for emissions but new coal-fired power plants keep springing up

Saudi Aramco seems to be breezing through the Covid-19 era. Shares in the world’s biggest oil producer are more or less unchanged since January, a period in which Western rivals like Royal Dutch Shell and BP have lost over half their market value. It’s not just because Aramco is bigger and better, though.

Officials prefer more direct spending but see room to provide more stimulus by shifting Treasury purchases

Bank of Nova Scotia has replaced its head of strategy, promoting Anique Asher to a new role intended to ensure a closer alignment between the bank’s plans and its financial outcomes.

TransAlta Corp. says it will end mining operations at its Highvale coal mine by the end of 2021 and will stop using coal to power its generators in Canada effective Jan. 1, 2022.

Dollarama Inc. says Pomerleau executive Jean-Philippe Towner will become its next chief financial officer on March 1, 2021.

The yuan’s recent appreciation against the dollar has merely kept it in line with the yen and the euro. This raises the question, sure to rankle with officials in Beijing, of whether China is again manipulating its currency.

Europe’s service providers reported a fresh decline in activity as a surge in coronavirus infections in October pushed consumers to avoid face-to-face services ranging from entertainment to eating out, a contrast with Asian countries such as China, which continued to see a rebound.

When it comes to online spending growth, PayPal Holdings may no longer be able to just hold out a bucket in a historic downpour. But that doesn’t mean its potential is drying up.

The new framework, expected to be announced Tuesday, is intended to offer more clarity by defining different levels of restrictions for businesses, such as indoor restaurants and gyms, which were ordered to close temporarily in the COVID-19 hotspots of Toronto, Ottawa, and Peel and York regions.

Getting Big Tech to collect sales tax was easy — and nearly $170 million has flowed into provincial coffers since

Much remains uncertain for business, the economy, domestic politics and international relations

But after Mr Ma criticised China’s state-dominated banking sector at a public forum, the country’s best-known entrepreneur on Monday was summoned by regulators to discuss hastily issued industry guidelines that could hit Ant’s future profits.