Auto supplier Tenneco Inc. is facing the threat of a proxy battle with an activist investor who has sent a sharply worded letter to directors urging them to sell part or all of the company...
The Houdini-esque escape by Carlos Ghosn from his court-monitored Tokyo residence may be shrouded in intrigue, but one thing has been left in plain sight: A turnaround at Nissan Motor Co. won’t happen any time soon. Whatever he has to say from his refuge in Lebanon will be largely inconsequential for the Japanese car company...
SandRidge Energy Inc., the oil and natural gas producer pushed by activist investor Carl Icahn to pursue a sale last year, said Chief Executive Officer Paul McKinney will resign as the company evaluates its 2020 spending plan...
An activist investor is considering making shareholder proposals at as many as six Japanese companies’ annual general meetings next year, in another sign that money managers are more willing than ever to press the nation’s listed firms to improve performance...
Activist investor Carl Icahn said Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s new target for assets sales won’t be achieved without a “fire sale” that includes its pipeline system, Western Midstream Partners LP, which was already shopped to potential buyers earlier this year...
Boeing Co.'s board of directors and top executives from its airplane division and supply chain are scheduled to meet Sunday to discuss 737 Max jets, ...
The Saudis are hoping to take a slice of the company public at a valuation of $2 trillion, ... Investors are worried about corporate governance , as well...
Since then, Nissan's corporate governance has come under intense scrutiny, forcing the automaker to bring in more independent directors and ...
Aramark, the food-services company being targeted by activist investor Mantle Ridge, climbed Monday on news that its chairman and Chief Executive Officer Eric Foss plans to retire...
The all-male board is officially a thing of the S&P 500’s past. Copart Inc., the last company in the index without a female director, appointed CyrusOne CFO Diane Morefield to its board of directors this week...
Ex-UBS Group AG investment banking head Andrea Orcel is suing Banco Santander SA for about 100 million euros ($113 million) after the Spanish ...
“The business case for board gender diversity is strong and relates not just to performance but also to corporate governance , reputation, and fairness,” ...
Red Rock Resorts Inc. operates 20 casinos, employing nearly 14,000 people. Its board of directors, however, has just five members. Two are brothers. All of them are white men...
“Or until the company changes and meets our needs, which obviously ... the University of Delaware's Weinberg Center on Corporate Governance .
After seeing Thyssenkrupp AG lose a quarter of its value this year, shareholders got a welcome respite on Friday when the company’s stock shot up by more than 20 percent—the biggest gain ever. They can thank activist investors, who had long advocated a breakup of the German conglomerate, for the windfall...
A group of Exxon Mobil Corp . shareholders launched a proxy fight against the oil giant's directors after failing to get a climate proposal onto the ballot ...
After 55 percent of shareholders registered their disapproval of management at the company's annual general meeting Friday, the supervisory board ...
The firms' overlapping investment mandates could lead to corporate governance concerns, particularly when it comes to acquisitions, Quarz said in a ...
That was followed by Nissan agreeing to add more independent directors and embracing a new set of corporate governance rules to abolish a ...
“In all good conscience, we can't exculpate management if so much ... chief of sustainability and corporate governance at Deka Investment, one of ...
PG&E Corp. is nearing a deal to replace one of its directors with one proposed by an activist investor to help guide the bankrupt utility’s restructuring, according to people familiar with the matter...
Investor unrest is increasing after Bayer AG sweetened Chief Executive Officer Werner Baumann’s bonus even as court battles over Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller have destroyed billions in the company’s market value...
Steps to increase profitability and productivity as well as strengthening corporate governance are positive factors, according to Korea Investors Service ...
... and its inability to execute effective corporate governance and a successful risk-management program,” the agency said in a statement on March 12...