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...Influential shareholder adviser Institutional Shareholder Services has clashed with two of Germany’s biggest blue-chips over a lack of boardroom independence, recommending the chairs of BASF and Munich Re...
...“The strength of the Apple ecosystem creates a moat that is fairly impenetrable by the competition,” Cross said. “It really makes it hard to change the trajectory....
...Dreams Have No Titles, the exhibition and the film, plunge you into many worlds: jazz and blues, the Brixton riots, Algeria’s war of independence, the immigrant experience in a Paris banlieue....
...Out of the blue, the US trade representative’s office recently reversed a long-standing US consensus policy on cross-border data flow, thereby sabotaging its own (in any case largely symbolic) trade agreements...
...Monday’s list did not include some blue-chip companies, such as Toyota and SoftBank, but analysts said the main targets of the exercise were the myriad smaller businesses that are struggling to generate...
...Lines in the sand Academics at the University of Pennsylvania have expressed concerns that a campaign by private equity boss Marc Rowan on antisemitism is threatening the school’s independence, the FT reports...
...In a deep dive, the FT analyses how a shareholder lawsuit was able to reveal weaknesses in the independence of Tesla’s board....
...I wanted the independence. I desperately wanted it. I thought it was undignified to have to send invoices to other people. I don’t know where I got that notion from, but I had it.”...
...Most notably, without a proper level of resources, independence and respect, it is very hard for supervisors to act in a smart and proactive way. The incentive is for backward-looking box-ticking....
...Smart reads The waiting game BNP Paribas boss Jean-Laurent Bonnafé can afford the kind of cross-border takeover essential to compete with US rivals....
...If these market leaders cannot beat the post holiday blues we might as well all shut up shop. We are also heading into a series of significant anniversaries....
...The BBC operates under a royal charter agreed with the UK government, which enshrines its independence from the state....
...The blue and white medina glowed in the same creamy light Albert Camus loved in Algiers....
...Thousands of little Union Jacks were waved, a plasticky sea of red, white and blue....
...The group expects the region’s heat pump market to triple to $15bn by 2027 given the “geopolitical dynamics and [Europe’s] push for energy independence” coupled with “regulations and incentive programmes...
...Large-scale strikes of blue-collar workers were once common in the US, before Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers in 1981....
...It set up a cross-disciplinary ESG disclosure committee from across the company....
...Former British prime minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday give evidence to the cross-party House of Commons inquiry into whether he intentionally misled parliament about illegal office social gatherings...
...However you measure it, something like half of Japan Inc trades under 1 p/b....
...On August 6 1962, Jamaica declared independence from colonial Britain....
...We ate grilled mojarra fish perched high above Lago de Coatepeque, a mesmerising crater lake that changes colour once a year from dark blue to vibrant turquoise. Nobody is sure why....
...They are not allowed to cross the road unless there is a green light....
...A cross-border acquisition and joint custody would be highly unusual, although not unique....
...Makoto Yamada, the head of equities trading known for his blue Berluti shoes and sharp suits, was back on the floor....
...As a result, other blue-collar jobs — like construction — seem increasingly attractive....
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