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Corporate Governance: In the News - Articles of Interest

• McDonald’s Sets Conditions for Restaurant Reopenings - WSJ, May 14, 2020
• Burr steps down as Intel Committee chair, phone seized in FBI probe - USA Today, May 14, 2020
• State treasurers join critics of J.P. Morgan fossil fuel financing - Pensions & Investments, May 14, 2020
• BlackRock’s role as Fed adviser confers more ‘clout’ than fees - Pensions & Investments, May 14, 2020
• SBA provides safe harbor for PPP loans under $2 million - Journal of Accountancy, May 13, 2020
• Coronavirus stock market: Activist investors could soon pounce on these weakened shares | Fortune, May 13, 2020
• Saving Midmarket, Closely Held Companies With Traditional Workouts - CFO, May 13, 2020
• Corporate America Isn’t Betting On a V-Shaped Recovery - WSJ, May 13, 2020
• Fluor Shares Dive on News of 10-Q Delay - CFO, May 13, 2020
• Wall Street bonuses set to fall by as much as 30% in 2020: report - Reuters, May 13, 2020
• Buyers Test Coronavirus Excuse for Ditching Unwanted M&A Deals - WSJ, May 13, 2020
• Norwegian Fund Excludes Large Canadian Oil Producers - WSJ, May 13, 2020
• Exxon, Chevron shareholders urged to separate chairman-CEO roles - HoustonChronicle.com, May 13, 2020
• Current and ex-employees allege Google drastically rolled back diversity and inclusion programs - NBC News, May 13, 2020
• Companies’ Next Coronavirus Challenge: Getting Cash-Strapped Shoppers to Spend - WSJ, May 13, 2020
• 3 Ways to Put Your Corporate Purpose into Action - hbr, May 13, 2020
• Behind Elon Musk’s Fight to Reopen Tesla in California: Keep Up With Detroit - WSJ, May 13, 2020
• Overstretched boards an ‘even bigger problem’ in crisis, shareholders warn - FN, May 12, 2020
• From PepsiCo to GM, Big Advertisers Set to Cancel Commitments to TV Networks - WSJ, May 12, 2020
• U.S. attorneys seek Amazon data on coronavirus-linked worker deaths, infections - Reuters, May 12, 2020
• Elon Musk reopened a Tesla car factory, disobeying government orders - Vox, May 12, 2020
• Crisis Management Response—What the Board Wants | Corporate Counsel, May 12, 2020
• Coronavirus to Force California Public Universities Largely Online for Fall - WSJ, May 12, 2020