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Author: Adria Hunter

Yellow lemons

U.S. Companies Sour on Operating in China

Yellow lemons

Doing business in China has long been a delicate proposition for U.S. companies. As geopolitical tensions continue to mount, it appears those once willing to deal with the risks aren’t reaping big enough rewards. The hostilities between Chi...

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Canary bird

Everything is Coming Up Whistleblowers

Canary bird

Good news, whistleblowers: The Supreme Court just gave you a huge victory. Even better, the robed justices aren’t the only arm of the government looking to protect whistleblowers. A decision last week from the highest court in the land affi...

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Boxing gloves hanging from a hook

Court Battles for Musk, Cook Highlight New Expectations for Executive Pay

Boxing gloves hanging from a hook

It was a tale of two verdicts recently for a pair of corporate heavyweights and their compensation. On January 30, a Delaware court put the kibosh on a $56 billion pay package for Elon Musk, the mercurial automotive innovator. Judge Kathale...

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Activist Investor Jockeys to ‘Restore Magic’ at Disney Amid Proxy Fight

Nighttime shot of Disney's Epcot Center

House of Mouse beware the machinations of Batman and Robin. Activist investor Nelson Peltz, CEO of Trian Fund Management and a longtime agitator of brand-name corporations, has launched a campaign to “restore the magic” at the Walt Disney C...

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A crop harvested in stripes

Thirty Years After ‘Informant!’ Scandal, Inquiry Probes Executive Bonuses at ADM

A crop harvested in stripes

A Midwestern agribusiness may seem like an unlikely setting for million-dollar corporate intrigue, but that’s not for lack of trying on the part of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Roughly 30 years after the food-processing company endured a Holl...

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