Investor Relations

Corporate America wake-up call on borrowing to fund stock buybacks: Once-acquiescent bondholders are balking at increasing leverage to reward equity owners.

Companies see an opening to silence proxy-advisory firms, powerful critics of CEO compensation.

However, Apple will stop reporting quarterly unit-sales data.

“Every man was a first-time director once. If someone took a bet on an untrained director who happened to be a man, you can take a bet on an untrained director who happens to be a woman.”

Critics of company's executive compensation complain of 'pay-for-failure' retention bonuses.

CFIUS will begin subjecting any foreign investment in a U.S. company to greater scrutiny.

Few corporate executives or analysts on earnings calls are women, and those who do participate speak less than their male counterparts.

Dividends cost the company $2.4 billion annually. Analysts say that's not sustainable during restructuring; Ford CFO says it will boost stock price.