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Category: Investor Relations

Burger Buns with Earnings

Inflation Worries Rise as Corporations Report Earnings

Burger Buns with Earnings

In March, the Consumer Price Index rose 8.5% over the year-earlier period. Core prices, which exclude energy and food, climbed 6.5% during the 12-month period. Those are the kinds of numbers that get economists frothing at the mouth about i...

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Twitter Presents Musk with Poison Pill

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Following Elon Musk is exhausting. Absolutely exhausting. Driven by an apparently insatiable need for public attention, the latest in an interminable series of headline-grabbing stunts from the CEO (sorry, “Technoking”) of Tesla involves a...

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Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

Shareholders Go on Offense Against CEO Pay Raises

Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

In an industry where top leaders routinely angle for lavish new contracts, the University of Michigan and its head football coach reached an unusual deal in early 2021. After the Wolverines stumbled to a 2-4 record in a 2020 season shortene...

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Can ESG Handle Adding an H?

Spiral staircase, down looking up with pillars

The concept of corporate sustainability has evolved over time beyond just environmental concerns such as carbon emissions and pollution. It now incorporates social and governance issues ­– the “S” and “G” to go with the “E” of what is commo...

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Corporations Bristle at Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Extreme close up of a spiky row of thorns on the vine

For decades, many foreign-policy experts have subscribed to the idea that economic globalization promotes world peace. War with other countries starts to look less appealing to governments as more companies expand their reach beyond the bor...

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