Leadership
Best-Paid Women in S&P 500 Settle for Less with 18% Gender Gap
Even the few women who've managed to advance to the C-suite don't get equal pay. Last year, of the five best-paid executives at each of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index companies, 198 were women, ...
U.S. Regulator Wants Auditors to Add Commentary, Not Analysis
Auditors know a lot about what lurks between the extremes of "pass" or "fail" - the only grades they are now permitted to assign to corporate financial statements - and the U.S. board that oversees ...
Fairfax Financial’s Watsa — Canada’s Buffett— Bets on Blackberry for Long Term
Just over a year ago, Prem Watsa said Research in Motion Ltd., now re-named BlackBerry, was a "Canadian success story," a good buy and a likely turnaround story, despite declining market share. ...
Hiscox USA CEO Sees Revenue Growth From Building Brand And Workforce
When Ben Walter took the helm of Hiscox USA last year, he didn't have decades of underwriting experience on his résumé, nor did he have the intention of recruiting teams of specialty underwriters ...Greenberg Among Investors Buying Landmark Tokyo Building
A group including former U.S. insurance magnate Maurice "Hank" Greenberg and an Abu Dhabi sovereign fund have agreed to buy a prominent Tokyo office building for $1 billion, the biggest property deal ...
Small Businesses Leading Hiring Rebound
Chris Yura says it took about six months before he could afford to hire the first employee for the clothing company he started in June 2009. SustainU Clothing now has 20 workers, about half ...
Progressive ‘Body Punching’ Way to Greater Acceptance of Snapshot Product
Progressive Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. auto insurer, is searching for the right message to attract customers to a product that tracks a person's driving to set rates, Chief Executive Officer ...
Nuveen Investments Sues AIG, Former Executives Alleging Securities Fraud
Twenty-five Nuveen Investments Inc. funds sued American International Group Inc., claiming the company committed securities fraud in the months leading up to the U.S. financial crisis in 2008. Also ...