A new Spencer Stuart report concludes that companies are best served by someone with a clear vision and a desire to influence social policy.

The EU will take steps to remove trade concessions for emerging economies such as Russia and Brazil.

Indiana will cut its 8.5 percent corporate income tax rate by half a point every year until it reaches 6.5 percent.

Duncan Niederauer said that there was little room to push back a shareholder vote planned for July 7.

Commissioners have been chosen for the "Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on the Lead Director" to discuss the evolving roles and responsibilities of lead directors.

AFP - Chinese rescue funding for the Saab-Spyker auto group collapsed on Thursday throwing Swedish Saab back into deep financial crisis without keys to the crucial Chinese market.

May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Waechter, chief executive officer of JDS Uniphase Corp., talks about optical components for a fourth-generation wireless service based on long-term evolution technology, known as LTE. Waechter also discusses the company's strategy and products for telecommunications service providers. He speaks with Bloomberg's Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)

Sprint Nextel’s chief executive told members of Congress on Wednesday that permitting the merger of rivals AT&T and T-Mobile would be the end of his company in its current form.

Dan Hesse, who runs the third-largest of the nation’s telecom companies, said Sprint would probably be absorbed by someone else and customers nationwide would suffer if AT&T is allowed to complete its $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile.

“It would fundamentally put us in a situation where this is a duopoly (industry) and it puts us in position to be acquired,” Hesse said in the Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing.

RLJ Lodging Trust, a Bethesda-based hotel company started by Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson, made its debut Wednesday as a public company, with shares closing slightly below their initial public offering price.

The company’s stock closed at $17.68 per share, down 32 cents from its initial price of $18. The company originally hoped to price its offering at $19 to $21 a share.

The IPO, based on 27.5 million shares outstanding, raised $495 million for the company, which plans to use most of the proceeds to repay debt.

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Google's search results formula.

Mary Schapiro has expressed concerns that easing private company stock rules would increase fraudulent stock offerings.

Apple and Google discussed their smartphone privacy practices before the Senate Tuesday.

Johnson & Johnson is the most-sued company in New Jersey, followed by Merck and Walmart.

Private investments in public enterprises transactions in India are expected to increase this year after decreasing over the past five years.