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Corporate Governance: In the News - Articles of Interest

• U.S. markets watchdog finalizes rules on shareholder voting advice | News | WKZO, July 22, 2020
• A Black Lives Matter Sign Stirs Debate in a Boston Suburb - WSJ, July 22, 2020
• The Role of ESG in the Business Community | U.S. Chamber of Commerce, July 22, 2020
• United Airlines Slows Cash Burn, Expands Mask Policy - WSJ, July 22, 2020
• Whole Foods sued by workers for barring BLM face coverings - msn. July 22, 2020
• Retail Carnage Deepens as Pandemic’s Impact Exceeds Forecasts - WSJ, July 22, 2020
• Microsoft, Starbucks and Nike opt for show-and-tell to push others to hit net zero carbon emissions - MarketWatch, July 22, 2020
• Proxy Advisory Firms Have No Stake In The Consequences Of Their Work - Forbes, July 21, 2020
• U.K. Audit Regulator Asks Companies for More Details on Covid-19 Impact - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Data privacy laws collide with contact tracing efforts; privacy is prevailing - Reuters, July 21, 2020
• Larry Householder, Ohio’s House Speaker, Arrested on Racketeering Charges - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank Parent Looks to Close More Than Third of Stores - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Summer Rise in Covid-19 Hot Spots Derailing Hotel Recovery - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• With Indoor Dining Upended, Some Restaurants Call It Quits - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Advisors Who Took PPP Loans May Face SEC Scrutiny | ThinkAdvisor, July 21, 2020
• Walmart workers to get Thanksgiving Day off and coronavirus cash bonus - CBS News, July 21, 2020
• Arkansas Pension Sues Allianz Over More Than $700 Million Loss - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Remote jobs: More businesses allow new hires to work anywhere - USA Today, July 21, 2020
• Facebook Creates Teams to Study Racial Bias, After Previously Limiting Such Efforts - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Tapestry's CEO is out, leaving 4 Black CEOs in the Fortune 500 | Fortune, July 21, 2020
• Tapestry Board Had Opened Probe Into CEO Jide Zeitlin Before He Resigned - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• ESPN Anchor Sage Steele Claimed Black Colleagues Excluded Her From Race Special - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Black Regulators Rarely Appointed to Oversee Wall Street - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030 - Apple, July 21, 2020
• Apple: supply chain and products will be carbon neutral by 2030 - CNBC, July 21, 2020
• Robinhood Cancels U.K. Launch Amid U.S. Outages, Controversy - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• BNP Paribas Bets on Climate Guilt - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• $1 Trillion Investor Group Demands Climate Action From Regulators | Institutional Investor, July 21, 2020
• Why Covid-19 Makes It Harder for Cities to Fight Climate Change - WSJ, July 21, 2020
• SEC nominee Crenshaw vows to hold financial firms accountable for mitigating conflicts - InvestmentNews, July 21, 2020
• Nine leading businesses launch new initiative to accelerate progress to a net zero future - Microsoft,  July 20, 2020
• The Ultimate Guide to Severance Pay | On Careers | US News, July 20, 2020