Tesla to buy cobalt from Glencore for new car plants
By: Financial Times June 16, 2020 Tesla Inc. will buy cobalt from from Glencore Plc, the world’s biggest miner of the metal, as the carmaker looks to avoid a future supply squeeze on the key battery metal, a person familiar with the matter said. The contract will help Tesla shore up its cobalt supply for new […]
Creepy Technologies Invade European Workplaces
By: Bloomberg May 22, 2017 A “Romware Covid Radius bracelet” beeps every time a Tata Steel Ltd. worker in the U.K. or a docker at Belgium’s Antwerp port is within virus-catching distance of someone. At Bouygues SA construction sites and in Sanofi and Schneider Electric SE offices in France employees enter after thermal cameras check […]
Which firms should pay dividends?
By: The Economist April 16, 2020 Over the next month the toll that lockdowns are inflicting on businesses will become more visible as big Western companies report their first-quarter results and start to give investors a steer on what to expect for the rest of 2020. For some, bankruptcy beckons—this week America’s banks warned of a […]
Locked doors and virtual votes at virus-hit AGMs
By: The Guardian April 12, 2020 Behind closed doors, at its headquarters in London’s West End, FTSE 100 distribution company Bunzl will hold its annual general meeting next week, attended by just two shareholders. The company, which supplies businesses with products such as coffee cups and cleaning materials, had scheduled its AGM for 15 April at a […]
How corporate leaders should act in a crisis
By: Economist March 21, 2020 When things are going well, it is pretty easy being a business leader. The economy is booming, orders are rolling in and there are no tricky decisions to make about staff or budgets. It is still possible to screw things up, but a rising tide tends to lift all yachts. It […]
GOVERNANCE REBOOTED – Corporate Governance In A Disruptive Digital Age
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Corporate governance has existed for centuries, but truly came of age after World War II[1]. Since then, many of the developments in corporate governance have been driven by corporate scandals and the accompanying legislation. While this ‘bandaid’ approach has worked for the past 60 years, it is creaking under the weight of […]
Man vs Machine: The Importance of Human Capital
By: Linkedin Feb 13, 2020 In this age of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), workers may worry machines will take over their jobs. But by leveraging the very traits that make us human, we can ensure our continued relevance in the workplace of tomorrow. THE GROWING TREND OF AUTOMATION AND DIGITALISATION Automation and digitalisation are […]
Jobs of the future are clustering in a handful of U.S. cities, study finds
By: Reuters Dec 09, 2019 Divergence in job growth, incomes and future prospects between strong-performing cities and the rest of the country is an emerging focus of political debate and economic research. It is seen as a source of social stress, particularly since President Donald Trump tapped the resentment of left-behind areas in his 2016 […]
UK bribery investigation adds to Glencore’s legal headaches
By: Reuters Dec 06, 2019 The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a bribery investigation into Glencore (GLEN.L), adding to legal troubles that have hit the shares of one of the world’s biggest miners and commodity traders. The SFO said on Thursday it had opened an investigation into suspicions of bribery in the conduct […]