Reclaiming your property
For years, it was common practice for companies to write general ledger unclaimed property over to income. Assets like un-cashed...
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Boardroom archive
Valuing intelligence
On March 2005, Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the wildly successful Blackberry wireless business, was forced to pay...
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A private concern
Can companies skate by with their current staff, simply requiring them to work harder and smarter, or do they need more personnel...
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Comment: Statistical loophole closed
A recent session of the 5th Circuit Court in Texas found that aftermarket buyers are not fully protected under Section 11 of the...
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Advice: Responsibility and accountability
Q My board is getting involved in areas that clearly stray into business operations. It has involved itself in hiring decisions...
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Director development goes international
Rapid changes in corporate governance and the increasingly global focus of business means directors are coming under greater...
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From obligation to opportunity
Promising. Interesting. The future. A revolution. It’s in these terms that XBRL, the extensible business reporting language, has...
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Does size matter?
Appointing external legal counsel is a lot more complicated than it sounds. When recruiting outside advice, is it best to opt for...
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The provinces stay in charge
The issuance of uniform national corporate governance rules is a major step forward for the Canadian Securities Administrators...
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How long is too long?
When shareholders tote up a list of attributes they most appreciate in corporate directors, longevity isn’t near the top of the...
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