February 8, 2012
Shareholder pressure to spend excess cash to create returns are likely to spur M&A activity in the second half of 2012, finds a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers Industrial Products study.
February 8, 2012
AIG's planned CEO successor and Chairman Steve Miller will become Hawker Beechcraft's CEO, prompting the company to review its succession plans to replace CEO Bob Benmosche should he be unable to continue with his job.
February 8, 2012
Companies that voluntarily release press releases disclosing carbon emission information have significant stock price increases in the following days, finds a newly released University of California study.
February 8, 2012
The new Turkish Commercial Code, scheduled to go into effect in July, is expected to improve disclosure levels and increase corporate transparency.
February 8, 2012
Apple is facing shareholder pressure at its annual meeting this month to adopt majority voting standards.
February 8, 2012
CalSTRS Director of Corporate Governance Anne Sheehan has called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to increase the company's boardroom diversity.
February 8, 2012
New IBM Chief Executive Virginia Rometty is being paid $1.5 million a year, less than her peers in the computing industry.
February 8, 2012
Nabors Industries Chairman and former CEO Eugene Isenberg will resign in June, forfeiting his rights to a $100 million payment.
February 8, 2012
The SEC will announce a two-part plan in the coming weeks to stabilize the $2.7 trillion money-market fund industry.
February 8, 2012
The ECB made key concessions over its holdings of Greek bonds, which will contribute to a reduction of the country's debt burden and smooth the path toward a new bailout.
February 8, 2012
BP raised its dividend for the first time since it resumed payouts in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, as the U.K. energy giant reported earnings that beat expectations.
February 8, 2012
It's creativity vs. experience as a new flock of leaders take their companies to public markets.
February 8, 2012
UBS said it will slash its investment-bank bonuses for 2011 by 60%, while the head of the unit will forgo any bonus following a trading scandal in September that cost the bank $2.3 billion.
February 7, 2012
Four directors will not stand for re-election, giving Yahoo, which is under pressure from shareholders to improve returns, a fresh start to revive its fortunes.
February 7, 2012
Cisco Systems estimates that this year will see a drive for technology M&A this year to prepare for massive data demands in years to come.
February 7, 2012
David Webster has decided to step down from his position as chairman of InterContinental Hotels Group.
February 7, 2012
Bakrie Group has proposed replacing Bumi directors, including founder Nathaniel Rothschild, but proposals to establish a dedicated CEO and CFO in London have raised some questions.
February 7, 2012
Magna International is adopting a number of corporate governance enhancements, including director education requirements.
February 7, 2012
One hundred people aged 31 or younger joined public company boards between 2008 and 2011, finds an analysis by Institutional Shareholder Services for the Wall Street Journal.
February 7, 2012
The number of companies offering CEO perquisites fell to 61.5 percent from 89.8 percent in 2009, finds Compdata's newly released executive compensation survey.