Corporate governance - Vigil

Investors welcomed former Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche's decision to forego his role as chairman of the German carmaker, announced at the weekend and starting a race to find an independent head of the company's supervisory board.

Chinese makers of goods for export are seeking to turn inwards and sell domestically, a pivot considered key to making the world’s second-largest economy more self-sufficient.

Move could help the shale drillers weather the prolonged slump in oil demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic

To be successful, companies must be led by leaders – the CEO, top executives and board of directors – who are deeply and irrevocably committed to innovation as their path to success.

Italy is preparing to raise its budget deficit goals for this year and next and target public debt at around 156% of national output in 2021 because of the coronavirus crisis, two government sources told Reuters on Friday.

Westpac, one of Australia's largest banks, has agreed to pay a record-breaking penalty of nearly $1 billion for systematically allowing money laundering on its watch.

Apple Inc.’s legal battle in Europe over a $15.2 billion tax bill will continue, potentially for years, after the European Union appealed a court ruling that sided with the tech giant.

A retreat of the virus, a big stimulus and a flexible labour market is causing faster growth

Lessons from the birthplace of the corporate zombie

Corporate Board Member magazine recently conducted a research study with sitting corporate directors to understand current practices and attitudes towards board education. Has COVID-19 and social revolution altered traditional board priorities?

The corporate-software giant has a few things going for it. But it faces stiff competition

Pharmacists across Ontario are getting ready to protect their patients and communities against the flu. They also asked to be included in the government’s COVID-19 testing strategy and are pleased that the Ford government announced Wednesday that many pharmacies will now start administering tests.

Companies are slowly reinstating their dividends and stock buyback programs after suspending them due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Japanese semiconductor maker called off what was to have been one of this year’s biggest stock offerings, after earlier saying that U.S. export restrictions on China’s Huawei Technologies Co. were hurting its business.

Uber Technologies Inc. won an appeal over the revocation of its operating license in the U.K. capital, securing for now the ride-hailing company’s operations in one of its biggest global markets.

Investment advisers at wealth manager Richardson GMP are jumping ship amid a slew of shareholder opposition to its parent company’s restructuring plans.

"More so than at any other time, boards, leaders and their organizations understand that having diverse voices and inclusive cultures are a business imperative," A Heidrick & Struggles exec said.

Palantir Technologies Inc. is expected to fetch a lofty valuation in its transition to a public company despite an unusually aggressive governance structure, in the latest sign of investors’ voracious appetite for new shares.

Finance chiefs and investors are trying to figure out how to account for coronavirus-related expenses as the pandemic transforms how companies operate in ways that may become a permanent cost of doing business.

Lessons from the birthplace of the corporate zombie

In a new book, Thomas Orlik argues China is “the bubble that never pops”

World’s largest electric car charging network latest to list using special purpose acquisition company

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