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'If so much as one Italian official ... continues to defend treaties like CETA, they will be removed,' Italy's deputy prime minister said 
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Want to become a corporate director? There are several different tactics to make your dream to join a board a reality.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Planemaker Embraer SA (EMBR3.SA) is counting on the votes of public-sector Brazilian shareholders to outweigh any potential investor objections to its tie-up with Boeing SA (BA.N), two people with knowledge of the matter said...
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Progress in establishing international standards that promote trade, investment and prosperity is facing headwinds from the global rise of nationalism and populism, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute...
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The entire board of Hydro One Ltd. is resigning and chief executive officer Mayo Schmidt has announced his immediate retirement, succumbing to pressure from Ontario Premier Doug Ford for new leadership at the electrical utility.
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The U.S. securities regulator has shelved a proposed Obama-era reform that would have given shareholders in companies more freedom to vote for their preferred candidates during contested board elections, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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Morgan Stanley offered more clues into its slow-burning succession race, elevating a top trading executive seen as a favorite to eventually replace Chief Executive James Gorman.
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Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has agreed new terms to acquire Sky, the pan-European TV group, in a deal worth £24.5bn that is designed to see off a rival offer from US media giant Comcast.
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The restaurants will be opened under a master franchise joint venture with private equity firm Cartesian Capital Group
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Gabriel Resources, a Toronto-listed gold company that has spent more than 20 fruitless years trying to open Europe’s biggest gold mine, has lost yet another CEO as its development prospects vanish.
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The Trump administration is preparing to impose tariffs on US$200-billion more in Chinese goods, a move that would intensify the bruising trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
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Company data (and its misuse) has become both a hot news topic and an ethical quandary for today’s companies. From the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal to the Equifax breach of 145 million sensitive customer profiles, the dangers of data today are evident. American identities and finances are increasingly put at risk whether endangered by organizations’ poor cybersecurity practices, deceptive user agreements, or opportunities to monetize.
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China has pledged to retaliate against U.S. tariffs in “equal scale and equal strength.” In addition to tariffs, here are three ways Beijing could hit back at Washington.
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Lazard data show activists spent $40 billion targeting 136 companies in first half
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From time to time I am asked to explain how I can support the disproportionate voting found in dual class shares while at the same time strongly criticizing the 'empty voting' of mutual fund advisors. While both are corporate governance issues that need to be addressed separately, both do involve the same phenomenon, the ability of certain shareholders to obtain voting power that is much greater than their economic interest.
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The Ontario Securities Commission has imposed one of the largest penalties in its history in the fraud case involving failed timber company Sino-Forest Corp., ordering five former executives to make payments totalling more than $81-million....
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Much anecdotal and large-sample evidence suggests that pressure from institutional investors to report good short-run financial performance can hinder investment in innovative projects that hurt short-term profits but generate value in the long run. But what incentivizes institutional investors to put excessive focus on short-run results?
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ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) is one of the fastest growing issues on the minds of institutional investors; however studies show that the concern for ESG isn’t always shared by today’s corporate directors. Not only can sustainability be hard to measure, but boards have historically struggled to understand how it ties to the bottom line.
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The U.S.’s plan to wallop China with new tariffs is putting Beijing in a bind, forcing it to retaliate in ways likely to cast doubt on its commitment to rules-based global trade.
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Executives at Canada’s five largest oil companies pushed back against suggestions Tuesday their industry was in the twilight of its industrial life, as each company detailed growth plans in the face of carbon taxes and pipeline constraints.
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Canopy Growth Corp. is acquiring Hiku Brands Co. Ltd., the owner of the Tokyo Smoke chain of coffee shops that sells cannabis accessories and clothing.
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Only 14 per cent of partners at Canada’s most active venture-capital funds are women, according to a new report that examines the gender imbalance in the country’s investment ecosystem.
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In this age of innovation and transformation, today’s board members face increasingly complex challenges in overseeing corporate culture, strategy and risk oversight.
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Google could face a record penalty this month from European regulators for forcing its search and Web-browsing tools on the makers of Android-equipped smartphones and other devices, potentially resulting in major changes to the world’s most widely deployed mobile operating system.
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