Stung by a wave of investor criticism, Bank of America is stepping up efforts to convince shareholders that Chief Executive Brian Moynihan should remain chairman.
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Chief Executive Ivan Glasenberg is putting his money where his mouth is—again—as part of a plan to bolster Glencore’s balance sheet.
The largest shareholder of Europe’s biggest auto maker nominated the company’s CFO to become the next chairman of VW’s supervisory board.
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Syngenta moved to appease shareholders angered by its rejection of a takeover from Monsanto, saying it will sell its global vegetable-seeds business and return more than $2 billion to shareholders.
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General Mills has agreed to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur frozen and canned vegetable brands to B&G; Foods for $765 million in cash.
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Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it will permit so-called proxy access, joining a growing list of large U.S. companies making it easier for shareholders to nominate directors.
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French billionaire and Vivendi Chairman Vincent Bolloré has ousted the longtime chief of Canal Plus, further tightening his grip over the Vivendi-owned pay-television group amid falling subscriber numbers.
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For starters, don't link pay packages just to stock. Tie them to the company's debt as well. That will help ensure that CEOs reap big rewards for long-term success, not just a short-lived bump in the stock price.
Teaching employees new skills is one thing. Getting them to apply what they have learned is quite another.
A new website from the co-founder of Gilt Groupe showcases beautiful office spaces from around the world.
Employers in the U.S. and abroad are grappling with the question of how to preserve women's career prospects during and after pregnancy.
British American Tobacco reported higher first-half profit as the cigarette-maker was buoyed by investments that helped offset currency losses.
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The biotech company, which is facing a steep slowdown this year in sales of its flagship treatment for multiple sclerosis, wants to use wearables and analytics to create new products and ways of interacting directly with patients
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Aehr Test Systems, Kicking Horse Energy name new finance chiefs. Yahoo's CFO will now serve as principal accounting officer.
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Two high-profile lawsuits and a conviction related to slave-labor conditions are the latest examples of why companies need to fully understand what is happening throughout their supply chains.
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Flight schools in Australia and the U.S. are aiming to tap the boom in commercial aviation in Asia, where airlines face a shortage of pilots.
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Glencore has scrapped its final dividend and plans to raise up to $2.5 billion through a stock sale among other measures valued at a combined $7.7 billion to reduce net debt.
Hervé Montjotin is leaving the company three months after the former CEO of Norbert Dentressangle joined with XPO’s purchase of the French trucker.
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Suburban Seattle’s Summit Asset Strategies Investment Management and its chief executive have agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle SEC charges that the firm inflated the value of some investments to get unearned management fees.
Interpublic has named BBDO veteran Simon Bond as its chief growth officer, a hire that comes as the ad holding company has notched several recent big account wins.
Vanity Fair seeks out signs of a Silicon Valley tech bubble; Atlantic City seeks out new killer app; the brain behind the credit-default swap embraces blockchains.
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Propelled in part by a strong U.S. dollar, more U.S. students are heading across the pond for a business degree.
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Economic downturns offer unique opportunities to launch innovative new products and services. Here's how entrepreneurs - both inside and outside of corporations - can make smart decisions about innovating in a slump.
In the tumultuous days recently, as markets have slid, the job of closing-bell ringer has taken an anxious turn.
Where do Toyota and other Japanese companies go for management advice? To Ina Food, a small company that turns seaweed into a gelatin-like substance called agar.
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The president of fitness company Equinox Holdings on the rise of hardcore workout enthusiasts, how technology is changing health and the upside to losing your job (twice).
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