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Governing boards face increasing pressure and greater scrutiny from investors. Here is how CFOs can reinforce their stewardship. 
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Canada needs a national women’s business council with a mandate to help develop more female entrepreneurs running larger companies, according to a new report from a cross-border women’s business group.
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Four executives and three other directors of Aphria Inc. personally owned shares in Nuuvera Inc. at the time they orchestrated a takeover deal for the cannabis firm, but didn't disclose their holdings to investors and later voted to approve the transaction at a board meeting.
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Canada needs a national women’s business council with a mandate to help develop more female entrepreneurs running larger companies, according to a new report from a cross-border women’s business group.
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Canada's largest companies are increasingly hiring outside candidates to fill their chief executive officer roles, especially when the firms are facing financial problems.
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Broadcom said Friday that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved a plan to move the computer chipmaking giant back to the United States from Singapore.
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First, he says the so-called trade-off between financial stability and economic growth is “overblown,” meaning we can have higher stability by imposing higher capital requirements on banks without sacrificing high levels of bank lending that support economic growth.
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The Manitoba Métis Federation believes it has a binding $67-million agreement with Manitoba Hydro, and will go to court to enforce it over Premier Brian Pallister's rejection of the deal, the federation's lawyer said on Friday.
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Major media sources reported last week that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has intensified its ongoing probe of the virtual currency markets. [2] This probe builds on a recent disclosure by the head of the SEC’s Cyber Unit that more than a dozen issuers have voluntarily halted their initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) after receiving calls from the SEC and continues the months-old Cyber Unit’s focus on misconduct involving distributed ledger technology and ICOs.
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The European Commission has proposed rules to ensure that companies conducting business digitally in the European Union are paying their fair share of tax.
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The role of institutional investors in modern society often goes underappreciated. In fact, the viability of many socio-economic systems is premised on institutional investors succeeding in their missions. Sovereign wealth funds help stabilize the macro-economy and currency prices, finance critical infrastructure, and invest for citizens’ long-term future.
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With the departure of Sears Canada, any business resembling a department store with a substantial percentage of apparel, softlines and home décor could hope to enjoy an upside from the retailer’s recent demise.
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Tech start-ups that issue digital tokens to raise funds are falling in line with U.S. securities laws or seeking legal ways to skirt them after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it planned to regulate the market.
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Deutsche Bank has begun searching for a new chief executive, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as investors grow frustrated with the slow turnaround of the loss-making German lender.
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Ontario’s Office of the Auditor-General said it uncovered irregular and improper accounting during a special audit of the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), a government body that manages key aspects of Ontario’s electric-power system.
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Facebook is the latest infamous example of a new public-relations reality: When something goes badly wrong for a company in public, all eyes look to its leader.
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Four executives and three other directors of Aphria Inc. personally owned shares in Nuuvera Inc. at the time they orchestrated a takeover deal for the cannabis firm, but didn't disclose their holdings to investors and later voted to approve the transaction at a board meeting.
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Ontario’s Office of the Auditor-General said it uncovered irregular and improper accounting during a special audit of the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), a government body that manages key aspects of Ontario’s electric-power system.
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Annual general meetings are a mainstay on the corporate calendar, giving retail investors an opportunity to directly address management teams and boards of directors. But as far as one of the world’s most popular bankers is concerned, they’re a “complete waste of time.”
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Traditionally, American states have regulated the sphere of corporate governance, encompassing the relations among and between a corporation, its directors, its officers, and its stockholders. With respect to publicly-held companies, Delaware, known as the jurisdiction with an expert judiciary in company law, sound precedent and legislative flexibility, reigns supreme as the state where the greatest number of such enterprises incorporate...
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Manitoba has appointed five new people to the Manitoba Hydro board after all but one member quit en masse earlier this week.
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What will be the results of the changes to the U.S. tax system in China? Will the new U.S. corporate tax rate cause Chinese firms to shift their operations to the U.S. to enjoy the new tax benefits?
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Blockchain technology can streamline transactions along the utility value chain. Here is a look at six emerging applications.
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Toy company executive Isaac Larian says he and other investors have pledged a total of $200-million in financing and hope to raise four times that amount in crowdfunding in order to bid for up to 400 of the Toys "R" Us stores being liquidated in bankruptcy.
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The chair of DavidsTea's current board says it's carefully reviewing a slate of director nominees submitted by a 46 per cent shareholder that has indicated an interest in taking the chain of tea shops private.
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