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While Bombardier failed to land any new orders at the Paris Air Show, its railway division has secured about US$543 million worth of contracts alone or in partnership in China and London. 
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ONE by one, the glittering prizes are falling to women. General Motors, IBM, PepsiCo, Lockheed Martin and DuPont are among a couple of dozen giant American companies...
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Jun 19, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Office Depot, Inc. ODP, -0.76% a leading global provider of office products, services, and solutions, which entered into a definitive agreement on February 4, 2015, to be acquired by Staples Inc.SPLS, -0.27% today announced that its shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the proposal for Staples to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company.
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Hong Kong’s stock exchange said it is planning to launch a second round of market consultations on whether to allow dual-class shares and other weighted voting structures.
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U.S. billionaire Paul Singer appears to have paved the way for activist investors to fight for shareholders' rights where few hedge funds have ventured: Asia's biggest family-run firms.In the past
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The board of FedEx has changed the rules to allow Fred Smith to stay on as head of the company for at least another three years.
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Though largely exempt from financial reporting rules, private companies are strengthening their governance practices
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Investors checking stocks’ vitals got a reading from Fitbit’s public debut Thursday, as shares surged.
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Toyota shareholders approve a plan to bolster the ranks of domestic stakeholders with a new class of shares, rebuffing the views of foreign fund managers.
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Toyota Motor Corp. shareholders approved a proposal to create a dual-class share structure by a 75% vote, said Aaron S. Fowles, corporate communications manager at Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., a u
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Preqin Blog: activist hedge funds, Author: Thomas Barker at Preqin -- Preqin currently tracks 519 activist hedge funds collectively managing over $140bn in assets, an inc
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Ontario Securities Commission taking notice of emerging companies that could fall under its purview if they deal in securities
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Amid a recent stampede of Canadian IPOs, one trend is setting off a red flag for Som Seif
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The Seattle Times ranked the 2014 compensation of top executives at 113 publicly traded Northwest companies. With a stock-heavy compensation package that hit $84.3 million last year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was easily the highest-paid among them.
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He will hand over the reins in August to Keith Skeoch, who currently runs Standard Life Investments, its asset-management arm.
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The U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission is investigating whether some activist investorsteamed up to target companies without disclosing theiralliances, the Wall Street Journal said.The SEC's
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Beware Of Activists Bearing Formulas: Activist Investors And The Success Of Financial Engineering by Proxy Mosaic H/T ActivistStocks.com Over the past several years, activist investors have grown cons
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The current system for analyzing and auditing companies’ internal controls needs an overhaul.
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Office Depot Inc said its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the $6.3 billion buyout offer from larger rival Staples Inc , in a deal that would combine the two
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The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance says the territory's legislation aimed at drawing more companies could prompt a 'race to the bottom'
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Canada’s Mogo Finance Technology priced its IPO slightly below the targeted share price range, but still sold enough shares to raise the anticipated amount of C$50 million.
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