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    Billionaire to shift a second business away from the state where his $56bn Tesla pay package was struck down

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  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
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    Issa brothers originally took on €39mn debt from EG Group to buy the two Bombardier planes in 2018

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  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
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    GMO demands urgent corporate governance changes and further unwinding of cross-shareholdings

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  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
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  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
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  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
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  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
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    Institutions say the proposals will erode shareholder rights and harm the country’s reputation for high corporate governance

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  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
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    Proposed reforms to the UK listings regime may backfire

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  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
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    Oil supermajor’s case against Follow This and Arjuna Capital grabs attention of corporate America

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  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
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    Elon Musk reacted to the court’s ruling with typical defiance: ‘Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware’
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  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
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    Investors in South Korea emboldened by Japan’s corporate governance drive

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  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
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    Move comes after chief executive’s record pay package was voided by a Delaware judge

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  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
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    Kemi Badenoch said Henry Staunton was unable to deliver the scale of change needed in the aftermath of the Horizon scandal

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  • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
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    Ministers are grappling with how to manage state-owned business at heart of Horizon scandal

  • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
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    Sound management and controls don’t improve returns — far from it

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    An SEC rule change giving shareholders more power to exert influence threatens to shake up corporate governance in the US

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  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
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    Investor Forum looking to involve listed companies in bid to resolve tensions undermining City of London

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