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Understanding Robovoting & Why It Affects ESG Initiatives for Financial Companies
Date: September 30, 2022
A bedrock principle of American democracy has always been one man, one vote. Shareholder elections are different because, typically, the voting power a shareholder has is directly proportional to their ownership stake. While this is not one man one vote, it is at least one share one vote. Unfortunately, most shareholder elections are as fake...
Lindt Wins Chocolate Bunny Battle in Swiss Court
Date: September 30, 2022
ZURICH (Reuters) – Lindt & Spruengli’s foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies deserve protection from copycat products, Switzerland’s highest court ruled on Thursday, and ordered German discounter Lidl to stop selling a similar product in Switzerland and to destroy its remaining stock. Surveys submitted by Lindt showed Lindt’s Easter bunny was well known to the public, the Federal...
Enterprise Governance in the Data Age
Date: September 29, 2022
By Vincent Luciani, Co-founder and Group CEO, Artefact First, an anecdote about the pitfalls of not using data. In 1984, a young Michael Jordan – today considered to be the best basketball player of all time – had just won the American college basketball championship in North Carolina. A shooting guard, he was one of...
CEO Blume Hails ‘historic Moment’ as Porsche Ag Lists on Frankfurt Exchange
Date: September 29, 2022
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Porsche AG Chief Executive Oliver Blume rang the bell and hugged colleagues on what he called the “historic moment” of the luxury car brand listing on Thursday after Germany’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) in more than 25 years. Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke added that the company had proven it...
Cineplex Makes Approach for Cineworld’s U.S. Franchise, Wsj Reports
Date: September 28, 2022
(Reuters) -Canadian cinema chain Cineplex has approached bankrupt rival Cineworld’s lenders for a potential merger with the British company’s U.S. unit Regal Entertainment, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Cineworld and Cineplex have been locked in a multimillion-dollar legal battle since the London-listed company rescinded its offer to buy Cineplex more than two years...
With Flowers and a Gun Salute, Japan Bids Farewell to Divisive Abe
Date: September 27, 2022
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Trevor Hunnicutt TOKYO (Reuters) -With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years – a ceremony that has become as controversial as he was in life. The ceremony started at 2:00...