Global Markets

More companies are fine-tuning target-date funds to account for employees' ages, needs and retirement resources.

More than a fifth of companies have boosted the limits on their directors and officers insurance.

Company auditors will take on new responsibilities in coming years, focusing on governance, ERM and behavior in the C-suite.

Airlines, ethanol producers and meat processors will feel the pinch, according to a Fitch report.

Communication increases but views differ

Magnitude of shift makes wait-and-see mind-set risky

U.S companies that source products in China are looking for ways to cope with higher production costs.

Healthy GDP growth and an expanding, highly educated middle class draw multinationals to India, despite obstacles like currency convertibility, rising inflation and red tape.