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Corporate Governance: In the News - Articles of Interest

• Tencent Stock Drops After Firm Is Targeted by Trump Executive Order - WSJ, August 7, 2020
• City of London faces messy future with the EU - Reuters, August 6, 2020
• Trump advisers urge delisting of U.S.-listed Chinese firms that fail to meet audit standards - Reuters, August 6, 2020
• Real-estate reckoning on ‘master bedrooms’ as a racist term took place after years of discussion — yet many home builders dropped the term years ago - MarketWatch, August 6, 2020
• White House Seeks Crackdown on U.S.-Listed Chinese Firms - WSJ, August 6, 2020
• BlackRock employees can choose where they work for rest of year - PIOnline, August 6, 2020
• Capital One to pay $80 million fine for 2019 hack that exposed 100 million accounts - CBS News, August 6, 2020
• Amazon and Tesla Take Off as Small Investors Embrace Fractional-Share Trading - WSJ, August 6, 2020
• Corporate Legal Departments Forge Ahead With Spending Amid Coronavirus Outbreak | Corporate Counsel, August 6, 2020
• Legal Departments Are Spending too Much Time on Unplanned COVID-19 Work | Corporate Counsel, August 6, 2020
• Some Miners Undercount Deaths, Boosting Executive Bonuses - WSJ, August 6, 2020
• Airbus shareholders in U.S. file fraud lawsuit over disclosures, corruption probes - Reuters, August 6, 2020
• Calpers Investment Chief Ben Meng to Step Down From Largest U.S. Pension - WSJ, August 6, 2020
• Wells Fargo extends work from home until at least Oct. 1 | American Banker, August 5, 2020
• Adding More Color to Corporate Boards: New Bill Demands More Diversity — The Sacramento Observer, August 5, 2020
• First time’s a charm: Chevron’s first virtual annual meeting | IR Magazine, August 5, 2020
• Top CEOs Urge Congress to Save Small Firms - CFO, August 5, 2020
• Wall Street Enforcement Chief to Leave Agency - WSJ, August 5, 2020
• The Hidden Tax Obligations in Financial Restructuring - CFO, August 5, 2020
• U.S. House Democrats urge SEC to dig into Kodak transactions - Reuters, August 5, 2020
• Which ESG issues matter most? Defining event and erosion risks | IR Magazine, August 5, 2020
• Restaurants Sue Insurers for Coverage Amid 'Multimillion-Dollar' Losses During Pandemic | New York Law Journal, August 5, 2020
• Swarm of New York restaurants sue insurers for COVID-19 cover | Business Insurance, August 4, 2020
• Will business travel ever be the same? - BBC Worklife, August 4, 2020
• Exxon halts contributions to employee retirement plan - Reuters, August 4, 2020
• Covid-19 puts spotlight on human capital | IR Magazine, August 3, 2020