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There are things not even the Bank of Canada can fix

There are things not even the Bank of Canada can fix | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Kevin Carmichael: A rate cut might not be imminent despite blockades and coronavirus, but don't rule one out soon
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Jack Welch, who led GE's rapid expansion, dies at 84 - Reuters

Jack Welch, who led GE's rapid expansion, dies at 84 - Reuters | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Welch - known as “Neutron Jack” for cutting thousands of jobs - bought and sold scores of businesses, expanding the industrial giant into financial services and consulting.
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Daily chart - Berkshire Hathaway is the world’s second-most profitable firm | Graphic detail

Daily chart - Berkshire Hathaway is the world’s second-most profitable firm | Graphic detail | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
So why have its shares underperformed?
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Companies warned over lack of progress on board diversity | Financial Times

Companies warned over lack of progress on board diversity | Financial Times | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Savills, Crest Nicholson and AJ Bell among those criticised by Investment Association
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Spotlight on Boards

The ever-evolving challenges facing corporate boards prompt periodic updates to a snapshot of what is expected from the board of directors of a public company—not just the legal rules, or the principles published by institutional investors and various corporate and investor associations, but also the aspirational “best practices” that have come to have equivalent influence on board and company behavior.
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Intelligence Memos: Jim Feehan – The Muskrat Falls Electricity Project: A Hard Lesson

Intelligence Memos: Jim Feehan – The Muskrat Falls Electricity Project: A Hard Lesson | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Arm’s length independent assessments of megaprojects are crucial for government decision-making. Governments that give them little weight risk imposing enormous burdens on the public, especially when projects are publicly funded. Muskrat Falls illustrates this
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Canada’s growth slows to weakest pace in almost four years as economic woes bite

Canada’s growth slows to weakest pace in almost four years as economic woes bite | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The last time growth was this bad was during the Fort McMurray fires
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Laurentian Bank reports first-quarter profit down from year ago, misses expectations

Laurentian Bank reports first-quarter profit down from year ago, misses expectations | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Laurentian Bank Financial Group missed expectations as it reported its first-quarter profit fell to $32.2 million compared with $40.3 million in the same quarter a year earlier.
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BDO Canada acquires data science company Lixar

BDO Canada acquires data science company Lixar | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Professional services giant BDO Canada LLP has purchased Ottawa-based Lixar IT Inc. – the latest in a string of acquisitions by consulting firms looking to bring more artificial intelligence and data science capabilities to their clients.
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Altria says CEO will not get annual incentive due to Juul investment - Reuters

Altria says CEO will not get annual incentive due to Juul investment - Reuters | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Altria Group Inc (MO.N) Chief Executive Officer Howard Willard will not receive an annual incentive award as result of the Marlboro maker’s souring minority investment in e-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc, a regulatory filing showed on Friday.
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Debt negotiations - The IMF tells Argentina’s creditors some harsh truths | Leaders

Debt negotiations - The IMF tells Argentina’s creditors some harsh truths | Leaders | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The country’s debt is unsustainable, its creditors will take a hit, and the government needs a new IMF deal
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Who wants to run a bank? - Bank bosses in America stick around longer than those in Europe | Finance and economics

Who wants to run a bank? - Bank bosses in America stick around longer than those in Europe | Finance and economics | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
A slew of changes show how uncomfortable the hot seat can be
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DoorDash Files Confidentially for IPO

DoorDash Files Confidentially for IPO | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Move sets up the food-delivery provider to go public as soon as this spring
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World’s central banks vow to act as OECD warns global economy faces ‘greatest danger’ since the financial crisis

World’s central banks vow to act as OECD warns global economy faces ‘greatest danger’ since the financial crisis | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Chance Fed could make emergency cut before March meeting
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Gilead to buy cancer drug developer Forty Seven for $4.9 billion - Reuters

Gilead to buy cancer drug developer Forty Seven for $4.9 billion - Reuters | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) said on Monday it would buy Forty Seven Inc (FTSV.O) for $4.9 billion in cash, helping it add an experimental treatment that targets blood cancer to its portfolio of oncology drugs.
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The rise and dramatic fall of European investment banks in the US | Financial Times

The rise and dramatic fall of European investment banks in the US | Financial Times | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Europe’s lenders spent billions to crack the American market. But many have made a humbling retreat
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Harley-Davidson CEO to leave struggling motorcycle maker

Harley-Davidson CEO to leave struggling motorcycle maker | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Harley-Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich is leaving the struggling motorcycle maker.
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The SEC and “Piggyback” Securities Litigation

Leading securities regulation scholars have repeatedly called for legislatively expanding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) control over private securities litigation. These proposals grow out of profound doubts about the private securities class action regime and frustration with the decentralized multi-enforcer approach to securities enforcement. But these centralization proposals have failed to gain traction.

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Brexit: Londres montre les muscles contre l'UE

Brexit: Londres montre les muscles contre l'UE | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Ferme dans son refus de s’aligner sur les règles européennes, prêt à abandonner le mandat d’arrêt européen et à claquer la porte si les négociations piétinent, le Royaume-Uni a adopté une posture intransigeante jeudi avant le lancement des discussions avec l’UE sur leur relation future.
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Opinion: It’s time for Canada to nurture – and keep – its own tech unicorns

Opinion: It’s time for Canada to nurture – and keep – its own tech unicorns | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The refrain is frustratingly familiar: Silicon Valley is home to many Canadian tech entrepreneurs who couldn’t get support for their ideas at home and had to turn stateside for investors, eventually taking their ideas and capital south.
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Canada’s economy posts tepid growth as virus uncertainty casts doubt over outlook

Canada’s economy posts tepid growth as virus uncertainty casts doubt over outlook | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The Canadian economy nearly ground to a halt in the final quarter of 2019, but showed flickers of momentum that could be short-lived as the world contends with the coronavirus outbreak.
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TMX says Canadian stock markets shut due to technical issues

TMX says Canadian stock markets shut due to technical issues | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Clients unable to enter, modify and cancel orders
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Daily chart - Countries that have benefited most from globalisation are the most fearful of change | Graphic detail

Daily chart - Countries that have benefited most from globalisation are the most fearful of change | Graphic detail | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
People in slower-growing rich countries are most at ease with it
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The information economy - Rethinking how we value data | Finance and economics

The information economy - Rethinking how we value data | Finance and economics | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Looking at the world’s most precious resource through new eyes
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Thyssenkrupp to Sell Elevator Unit in Nearly $19 Billion Private-Equity Deal

Thyssenkrupp to Sell Elevator Unit in Nearly $19 Billion Private-Equity Deal | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Deal marks largest private-equity buyout in Europe, is among biggest globally since 2008
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