These five CEO have given shareholders a poor bang for the buck over the past six years. Our pay-for-performance ranking looks at overall tenure as well.
The oil and gas sector is a bit of a laggard, when it comes to digital process optimization and wider adoption of IT services management or ITSM, according to the chief executive of one of the biggest players in the industry.
Between the two of us, we’ve spent 50 years studying what makes people successful at work. A persistent finding in both of our research is that your ability to handle moments of conflict has a massive impact on your success. How you handle conflict determines the amount of trust, respect and…
The family office of Google Inc.’s Eric Schmidt has bought a 20% stake in New York hedge-fund firm D.E. Shaw Group from the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the parties said.
Venture capitalists are always looking for the next big investment in tech. But another trend in startup funding seeks to give the smaller retail investor a shot at getting in on the ground floor of the next Google or Facebook.
Everyone in the financial services industry is very excited about the digitization of money. How exciting it would be to forego cash (and those annoying checks), in favor of a more efficient world of commerce and assets. At the hand of Bitcoin, the argument goes, or Apple Pay, or what-not - our…
When you are a small company just starting out, there is a huge — and understandable — temptation to take all revenue going, regardless of where it comes from. But this is a critical mistake.
Intuit, maker of TurboTax, has been sued by plaintiffs claiming they were damaged by lax security that enabled tax fraud. Lawyers are seeking class action status for the case, adding to Intuit's woes this tax filing season.
A huge schedule of earnings is coming today, and that’s after some big names last night. Direction may finally be ready to take a stand for this market.
Are you happy with your current work-life balance, or is the balance tipped too far to one side?
Questions of work-life balance are particularly important to ask ourselves in the digital world, because it?s easy to slip in to the pattern of always being on call.
The SEC pays its second big bounty to an employee in the compliance department of a company, raising questions about whether that's a good incentive to root out wrongdoing.
It is not just that Tesco plc has reported the worst results in its history and the UK's biggest retail loss, at £6.4 billion ($9.6bn). Or that there were many warning signs, all ignored. No, there is more to it - and it is about what we expect from publicly listed businesses.
The role culture plays in building a sound brand strategy is more important than ever. Think beyond demo and psychographic insights. While those elements still play an important role, savvy brand builders are layering in the measurable impact consumer?s culture has on what brands they support.…
Imagine your investments generate both financial returns and measurable social and/or environmental impact. That's the premise behind "impact investing," an area that's quickly gaining traction among angel investors.
Land and Buildings, the activist real estate investment trust (REIT) investor run by former Citigroup stock analyst Jonathan Litt claimed a major victory on Wednesday in Associated Estates Realty Corporation's $2.5 billion sale to industry giant Brookfield Asset Management.
Satellite data analytics company Orbital Insight has teamed up with the World Resources Institute to use deep learning algorithms to predict risk factors for deforestation.
Unless you have a particular passion for the arcane workings of the European Union, you probably haven't heard of MiFID - or to honour it with its full title, the Market in Financial Instruments Directive.
Obscure as at is, MiFID should certainly be of interest to anyone with an interest in the…
Working in a focused way can greatly boost our productivity. It also helps us stay calm, as we tackle tasks with our full attention rather than flitting from thing to thing.
Here are some ways to regain your focus and combat distractions.
A $15.8 billion dollar bidding war for Salix Pharmaceuticals just came to a dramatic end as Valeant Pharmaceuticals beat Endo International with an all-cash offer for the company. While some sectors would view this as game changing, the pharmaceutical industry is beginning to see this as status quo.…
A high-stakes clash between search engine Baidu and an association representing about 8,600 hospitals is rocking a relationship at the heart of China’s online advertising sector, reports Caixin Online.
There are more than 360 million people worldwide with a disabling hearing loss, including 32 million children and one-third of people over the age of 65. Recent advances in technology have the potential to improve the quality of life for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Despite perpetual complaints about never having enough time in the day to do crucial work, many executives waste precious hours doing jobs that an executive assistant (EA) could do better, and for a fraction of the cost. Leaders who don’t delegate such tasks visibly show everyone around them they…
Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is under pressure after another lackluster quarter, and her comments about studying how to best spin out Yahoo Japan assets are meant to pacify investors for now.
Alberto Conrad