India's Companies Act mandates increased corporate transparency and accountability.

Under new ASX corporate governance guidelines, companies must publish the breakdowns of females on staff, in senior management positions and in board seats.

Laura D. Tyson has left the Eastman Kodak board, becoming the third board member to resign in two weeks.

Dutch phone company Royal KPN NV's CFO has resigned in a disagreement on the company's executive structure, which allowed directors to meet directly with unit chiefs.

Eaton has expanded its executive compensation disclosures to include data on how much of its CEO's pay was sourced from exercised stock options and vested retirement plan payments.

Massachusetts corporate tax reform went into effect with the new year, decreasing from 8.25 percent to 8 percent.

The Montana Supreme Court reaffirmed its ban direct spending by corporations on political candidates or committees following last year's Citizens United decision.

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that corporations do not have to form PACs, but must follow certain disclosure requirements for contributions of $750 or more to a candidate or cause.

In response to the recent financial crisis, 56 percent of chief legal officers polled are spending more on legal services, finds a new Altman Weil study.

Employee lockouts at Caterpillar, caused by a collapse in wage negotiations, and Rio Tinto Group, which is cutting output and positions of employees whose contracts expired in the new year, signal larger labor trends in Canada.

The CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals will retire in May and be succeeded by a former Bristol-Myers Squibb executive.

According to a recent study by Ernst & Young, 36 percent of companies plan to pursue an acquisition in 2012.

When $2 billion in IPO proceeds landed in his family's bank account, Cheng Yu-Tung emerged as one of the richest men in Asia, with a fortune built on the commodities that drive China—gold and land.

When $2 billion in IPO proceeds landed in his family's bank account, Cheng Yu-Tung emerged as one of the richest men in Asia, with a fortune built on the commodities that drive China—gold and land.

Shareholders are suing the Lloyds Banking Group of Britain and former bank executives, saying they were misled over its rescue of HBOS in the depths of the financial crisis in 2008.

According to a recent study by Ernst & Young, 36 percent of companies plan to pursue an acquisition in 2012.

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Computer Sciences, potentially facing a financial hit from a troubled U.K. contract, has assembled a list of front-runners to replace its current chief executive and hopes to pick an outsider for the job early in 2012.