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Canada should spend more on early childhood education, new report says

Canada should spend more on early childhood education, new report says | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.theglobeandmail.com - February 19, 2020 8:57 PM
Canada risks its competitiveness if it fails to invest in the learning and development of the country’s youngest children, according to a new report that is calling on the federal government to spend more on universal early childhood education.
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The Brussels effect, cont - The EU wants to set the rules for the world of technology | Business

The Brussels effect, cont - The EU wants to set the rules for the world of technology | Business | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.economist.com - February 19, 2020 7:00 PM
On data protection, artificial intelligence, competition and more
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The U.S.’s Next Trade War? As China Clash Cools, Conflict With India Looms

The U.S.’s Next Trade War? As China Clash Cools, Conflict With India Looms | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 19, 2020 12:10 PM
Indian Prime Minister Modi seeks to emulate Chinese success with increased protection for domestic firms
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Goldman, JPMorgan Lead New Funding Round for Members Exchange

Goldman, JPMorgan Lead New Funding Round for Members Exchange | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 20, 2020 8:00 AM
Members Exchange hopes to challenge the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq by charging rock-bottom fees
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Fidelity’s Parent Company Is Spinning Out Its Akoya Personal-Data Startup

Fidelity’s Parent Company Is Spinning Out Its Akoya Personal-Data Startup | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 20, 2020 7:49 AM
FMR wants to jump-start use of platform that gives consumers more control over how their financial data is shared
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Les Wexner Gives Up Control of Victoria’s Secret

Les Wexner Gives Up Control of Victoria’s Secret | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 20, 2020 8:16 AM
Billionaire sells 55% stake in Victoria’s Secret to private-equity firm, steps down after 57 years as CEO of parent L Brands
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Victoria’s Secret to Go Private at $1.1 Billion Valuation

Victoria’s Secret to Go Private at $1.1 Billion Valuation | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 19, 2020 10:20 PM
Leslie Wexner is expected to step down as L Brands chairman and CEO after selling control of lingerie brand
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Research: What You See is Not What You Get: Budgets versus Results in Canada’s Major Cities, 2019

Research: What You See is Not What You Get: Budgets versus Results in Canada’s Major Cities, 2019 | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.cdhowe.org - February 20, 2020 3:00 AM
Canadians always hear that their cities are strapped for cash. Yet a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute reveals that Canada’s biggest municipalities ran aggregate budget surpluses of $11 billion in 2018.
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IMF says coronavirus poses risks to fragile recovery in global economy

IMF says coronavirus poses risks to fragile recovery in global economy | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.theglobeandmail.com - February 19, 2020 8:57 AM
The coronavirus epidemic has already disrupted economic growth in China and a further spread to other countries could derail a “highly fragile” projected recovery in the global economy in 2020, the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday.
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Cannabis company executives point finger at founders over alleged missing $14 million

Cannabis company executives point finger at founders over alleged missing $14 million | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From business.financialpost.com - February 19, 2020 8:00 AM
Green Relief co-founders ‘vehemently deny’ allegations levelled in video, court documents
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Why the SEC’s Proposed Rules on Proxy Advisors Are Necessary

From clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu - February 19, 2020 12:01 AM

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) recently proposed Amendments to Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Voting Advice are an efficient and necessary response to the “collective action” problem that is imbedded in the shareholder voting of public companies and the deficiencies that this problem creates in the voting recommendations of proxy advisors.

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The Activist Investing Annual Review 2020

From corpgov.law.harvard.edu - February 19, 2020 9:46 AM
By some measures the slowest year since 2015, 2019 might look like the end of that boomlet. Although not the first down year in recent memory (2017 was too), the 839 companies publicly subjected to activist demands worldwide and the 666 investors making those demands were both four-year lows.
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Big Tech to Face More Restrictions in Europe on Data, AI

Big Tech to Face More Restrictions in Europe on Data, AI | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 19, 2020 8:54 AM
Legislation will place more obligations on online platforms and firms developing machine-learning-enabled technologies
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Why Sweden ditched its negative rate experiment  | Financial Times

Why Sweden ditched its negative rate experiment  | Financial Times | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.ft.com - February 20, 2020 12:00 AM
Results of the Riksbank’s 5-year trial are being scrutinised by the world’s leading central banks
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Warren Buffett Found His ‘Elephant’ With Giant Stake in Apple

Warren Buffett Found His ‘Elephant’ With Giant Stake in Apple | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 20, 2020 5:30 AM
Stake’s value has more than doubled to $79 billion since he began buying in 2016
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IRS Offers Tax-Break Clarity to Accelerate Carbon-Capture Projects

IRS Offers Tax-Break Clarity to Accelerate Carbon-Capture Projects | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 19, 2020 5:54 PM
New rules define when companies can start qualifying for expanded tax credit
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TikTok Owner’s Plan: Be More Than Just TikTok

TikTok Owner’s Plan: Be More Than Just TikTok | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 20, 2020 5:30 AM
China-based ByteDance looks to use video app’s popularity to move into e-commerce, music, games
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UBS Puts Digital First With New Tech-Savvy CEO

UBS Puts Digital First With New Tech-Savvy CEO | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 20, 2020 9:04 AM
Ralph Hamers transformed ING by moving more customers out of branches and on to online services
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Morgan Stanley Is Buying E*Trade, Betting on Smaller Customers

Morgan Stanley Is Buying E*Trade, Betting on Smaller Customers | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 20, 2020 7:24 AM
Investment bank will pay $13 billion for the e-broker, doubling down on wealth management
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How Common Ownership Can Lead to Tax Avoidance

From clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu - February 20, 2020 12:05 AM

In recent years there has been a surge in research that explores the sources of variation in corporate tax avoidance. Following this stream of research, tax scholars have begun to acknowledge the potential effect of ownership patterns on firms’ tax behavior. A few recent empirical studies have examined the effect of institutional ownership, particularly quasi-indexers, on the tax behavior of portfolio firms.

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Preparing for Proxy Season: Board Accountability and Environmental, Social and Governance Factors - Lexology

Preparing for Proxy Season: Board Accountability and Environmental, Social and Governance Factors - Lexology | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.lexology.com - February 18, 2020 10:09 AM
Having completed our annual deep dive into the past year’s corporate governance developments and trends, we have developed a four-part series on what you need to know to prepare for the 2020 proxy season. In this first post of the series, we look at board accountability (including the increasingly important “ESG” factors: environmental, social and governance).
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Opinion: The dismantling of Bombardier leaves Canadian taxpayers holding the bag

Opinion: The dismantling of Bombardier leaves Canadian taxpayers holding the bag | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.theglobeandmail.com - February 18, 2020 5:13 PM
When Bombardier Inc.’s obituary is eventually written, at some still-to-be determined date in the future, it will identify the spring of 1982 as the moment when a fledgling Montreal-based transportation upstart joined the big leagues.
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‘Serious damage’: Businesses warn of looming layoffs, loss of sales as rail disruption drags on

‘Serious damage’: Businesses warn of looming layoffs, loss of sales as rail disruption drags on | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From business.financialpost.com - February 18, 2020 4:40 PM
Around $425 million of manufactured goods are sitting idle as shipments are stalled, according to one estimate
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Accelerated Diversity—A New Paradigm for Addressing Short-Term Obstacles to Board Membership

From corpgov.law.harvard.edu - February 19, 2020 9:46 AM
Goldman Sachs recently announced a new policy stating they will not underwrite the IPO’s of firms having only white male board members. This policy is a natural, but different, follow-on to SSGA’s initiative a few years ago requiring at least one female on the boards of companies in which they invest.
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Why One of the World’s Largest Tobacco Companies Is Struggling

Why One of the World’s Largest Tobacco Companies Is Struggling | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - February 18, 2020 6:39 PM
Pyxus International, with almost $1 billion in near-term debt, is facing a cash crunch. Efforts to move into vaping and cannabis have hit roadblocks.
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