Corporate governance - Vigil

Gaming is set to emerge as the next dominant technology platform much the way search engines, mobile phones and social networks redefined industries in previous decades, says Michael Wolf, co-founder and chief executive of consulting firm Activate Inc.

Eric Schmidt says, ‘There’s a difference between dominance and excellence’

The Financial Reporting Council on Wednesday released its annual review on corporate reporting, finding that many U.K. businesses need to improve their disclosures on accounting issues such as revenue recognition and liquidity risks.

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says Jonathan Gitlin, currently the trust’s president and chief operating officer, will succeed Edward Sonshine as chief executive next year.

Now foreign visitors from just nine nations allowed

New York governments and authorities are projecting $59 billion of revenue shortfalls through 2022 because of the continuing coronavirus crisis, one of the deepest funding holes of any state.

PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using the U.S. digital payments company’s online wallets.

Tariffs and quotas would hit Belgium’s Dutch-speaking north, one of the regions most closely integrated with the UK

The idea of a guaranteed basic income has considerable merit. If designed properly, it could simplify Canada’s social safety net while strengthening it so fewer people fall below the poverty line. Policy design matters though, and attempting to achieve this goal by making CRB permanent would create challenges surrounding fairness, enforcement and work incentives.

Ms. Llewellyn formally starts her role on Oct. 30 after a 26-year career at Bank of Nova Scotia, where she most recently served as executive vice-president of global business payments.

The U.S. economy grew at a “slight to modest” pace in the early fall, the latest indication that the economic recovery from the pandemic is slowing, a Federal Reserve report said Wednesday.

Electric-car maker says pre-pandemic sales target of 500,000 vehicles in 2020 remains attainable

Hudson’s Bay Co. is planning to “modernize” its department store properties by redeveloping some of the vast store buildings into mixed-use spaces that could include offices, other retailers in addition to the Bay, and even residential space.

As we assess the effectiveness of what the Bank of Canada is doing, it is key to disentangle the global effects, and keep in mind that what is most important for the Canadian economy and Canadian markets is what the Fed is doing.

The International Monetary Fund slashed this year’s economic forecast for Asia, reflecting a sharper-than-expected contraction in countries like India, a sign the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on the region.

The Paris-based company claims to be the first to have adopted a “carbon adjusted” earnings per share metric.

AI demands increased board fluency with technology, and attention to its risks as well as its rewards.

Mr. Lennox joined BCE’s Bell Media in 2015 as president of content and broadcasting. He was promoted to president of Bell Media in 2017.

Nearly a year after the virus began to spread in China, a few other areas of the country remain under stricter epidemic control, including the prison system and schools. Universities have restricted the movement of students on and off campus. Elementary and high schools have limited campus access to students and teachers. Cinemas only sell tickets online in order to verify the real names of moviegoers, although most cities have no restriction on theatre seating.