Key Metrics Series: Combined CEO/Chair

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Key Metrics Series | Combined CEO/Chair Our Combined CEO/Chair metric helps identify companies the board has chosen to fill the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board with the same individual. Investors may wish to examine the circumstances surrounding these companies’ choice of board structure to determine …

Global Elite Hiding $21 Trillion from Taxman in Tax Havens

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Do you wonder why it’s so hard to pay for adapting to the climate crisis, or what Mitt Romney, et alia, are really up to? Wonder no longer. £13tn: hoard hidden from taxman by global elite  Study estimates staggering size of offshore economy Private banks help wealthiest to move cash …

World’s Wealthiest Richer than Before Credit Crunch!

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hat tip to Barry Ritholtz! World Wealth Report reveals soaring numbers of rich individuals in Asia Pacific region – but slower growth in Britain We are not all in this together. The UK economy is flat, the US is weak and the Greek debt crisis, according to some commentators, is …

The Language of Social Entrepreneurship

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News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! In a recent Wall Street Journal blog post, management consultant Gary Hamel claims that “humanizing the language and practice of management is a business imperative (as well as a moral duty).” His thinking is based on a review of corporate …