Corporate governance - Vigil

L’indice vedette de Wall Street est passé dans le rouge peu après l’ouverture mardi et est repassé temporairement sous la barre symbolique des 20 000 points, peinant à rebondir au lendemain de sa plus lourde chute en plus de trente ans.  

There were high hopes when Kenneth Chenault joined the all-white board of Facebook in January 2018 as the social media giant worked to fix its tarnished image and battered brand.

Proposal comes as lawmakers weigh next stages in economic response to coronavirus outbreak; plan would include $50 billion for airline industry

Over the last five years, virtual annual shareholder meetings have been a small, but growing, trend. While percentage increases have been significant year-over-year, overall a relatively small number of companies held virtual meetings in that time.

Company blames employee turnover, shifting priorities for delays; ‘It’s disappointing,’ academic says

Mexico’s increasing violence and economic conditions work against U.S. direct investment there

Japanese central bank holds benchmark interest rates steady, but plans to double purchases of ETFs

The standard definition of an activist is “a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.” As a result, most people associate the term with corporate outsiders calling for fundamental reforms to the capitalist system, not the suites paid to oversee how money is made for shareholders.

Gender equality is a core value of the European Union. There is empirical evidence that this serves sustainable corporate governance. However, the representation of women in corporate (supervisory) boards varies from country to country.

Trust funds in 22 states and jurisdictions aren’t recession-ready, data show

ames Taiclet to succeed Marillyn Hewson, as defense companies wrestle with coronavirus impact.

Business activity, for the first time on record, turned broadly negative, as home and retail sales, construction activity and factory output all fell

Saudi Arabia, Russia and America will all suffer

Many observers have been vocal in their perception of a decline in director quality in recent years. According to the 2019 PwC Corporate Directors Survey, 49 percent of US directors say one or more fellow board members should be replaced, and 23 percent say two or more should go.These numbers are up from both 2017 and 2018. If that perception is true, then one must question why boards do not do a better job undertaking assessments and acting on their findings.