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Diplomats are racking up the air miles, but the prospect of trade war has not receded. Negotiations between American and Chinese representatives in Beijing ended on May 4th without agreement. Indeed, the two sides’ starting positions are so different that a mutually agreeable deal is hard to imagine...
Jes Staley, Barclays’ chief executive, has been fined a total of £642,430 by the UK’s financial regulators for trying to uncover the identity of an anonymous whistleblower.
Sometime later this year, the federal government is expected to pass Bill C-45, legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use. The Senate continues to debate the bill, with a final vote scheduled for June 7. Passage in the Senate would give the House of Commons two weeks to deal with any amendments before the summer break.
The chief executive of Canada’s largest auto parts manufacturer is concerned that government decisions are putting Ontario’s ability to remain competitive at risk, at the same time that the United States becomes a more attractive market for investment.
Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel was in the money last year. His compensation package of $504.5 million was the most of any corporate leader, according to the Bloomberg Pay Index. The same can't be said about the shareholders of the company that owns social media service Snapchat.
Argentina is seeking a “standby arrangement” with the International Monetary Fund, according to the government, signalling its willingness to sign up to one of the organisation’s traditional economic adjustment programmes — complete with potentially politically controversial conditions and oversight.
Rival toy store chains are working on plans to win the market share Toys “R” Us left up for grabs following its bankruptcy and liquidation in the United States and Britain, Canadian toy maker Spin Master said Wednesday.
South Korean regulators turned up the heat on Samsung Group over its complex ownership structure, with the country’s antitrust chief saying on Thursday the arrangement for control at the nation’s top conglomerate was “not sustainable”.
Air france likes to present itself as a cut above other European airlines. Offering fancy French food and free champagne in economy class on long-haul flights, the company’s strategy is to justify its high ticket prices by offering a premium service. But facing intransigent unions at home and competition from abroad, the airline’s financial fizz is rapidly going flat.
The ISG, as a private initiative wholly independent of any regulatory body, was formed to bring together all types of investors to establish a framework of fundamental standards of investment stewardship and corporate governance for U.S. institutional investor and boardroom conduct.
The University of Chicago professor explains how executives can battle back against biases that can affect their decision making.
Canada’s rapidly growing cannabis industry now dominates the global trade in legal marijuana, says a report from a Washington, D. C., data analytics firm.
Finance Minister says Ottawa won’t react in a ‘knee-jerk’ fashion to challenges like NAFTA uncertainty and Trump’s tax cuts
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President Alex Macedo has been crisscrossing the country over the last few days, meeting with thousands of franchisees in a bid to regain their trust and convince them that the fast food giant is committed to improving its strained relationship with some owners.
Canada’s central bank, Toronto Stock Exchange operator TMX Group, and non-profit organization Payments Canada said on Friday that tests had shown blockchain technology can be used for automating instantaneous securities settlements.
The head of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. said Canada should avoid being “schizophrenic” in its openness to foreign capital, as delays around the proposed acquisition of a Canadian construction firm threatens to magnify various political squabbles that have already dampened investor confidence.
In our paper, Materiality Matters: Targeting the ESG issues that impact performance, we develop a new measure—the material environmental, social and governance (ESG) score. Drawing from the metrics developed by Sustainalytics and SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board), our new material ESG score identifies and evaluates only those issues that are financially important to a company. The new material score allows us to differentiate between companies in a way that the traditional aggregated ESG score does not facilitate.
The EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive has introduced a new requirement for large EU companies to disclose information about policies, risks and outcomes regarding environmental, social and employee matters; respect for human rights, anti-corruption and bribery issues; and board diversity
An activist investor is urging Tesla Inc. shareholders to unseat three members of the company’s board of directors, saying they lack independence, knowledge, and a track record in corporate governance, in the first fallout from last week’s erratic post-results conference call.
Torstar Corp. is preparing to invest in multiple initiatives to transform its core business amid a challenging print advertising market, company officials said Wednesday after announcing first-quarter results.
The personal information of consumers is the new oil of the digital world. Everything runs on data. But while the businesses that collect and process consumer data have become increasingly valuable and powerful, recent events prove that even the world’s biggest brands are vulnerable when they violate their customers’ trust.
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and economist Jack Mintz debated Canada’s competitiveness for business investment in Wednesday’s FP Comment,. Morneau said Canada’s competitiveness is good, and showed a chart to support his view. Mintz said it is bad, and showed a chart to support his view.
Median pay reached $12.1 million for CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies in 2017, a new post-recession high, as profits and stock prices soared. Most S&P 500 CEOs received raises of 9.7% or better last year, according to a WSJ analysis of data from MyLogIQ.
World-renowned business advisor, author and board member Ram Charan recently co-authored a book, Boards That Lead: When to Take Charge, When to Partner, and When to Stay Out of the Way. In this episode of Inside America’s Boardrooms, we sit down with Charan to understand the key differentiators between a good board and a great board.
The emerging markets are suddenly looking very fragile, with one country after another tumbling into a crisis
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