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Gina Rinehart, Australia's wealthiest woman, has been awarded Cambodia's highest honor for non-citizens, recognizing her charitable contributions to impoverished children in the Southeast Asian country. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni conferred the Royal Order of Sahametrei on Rinehart for her "distinguished services to the King and to the people of Cambodia"...

Perhaps more than ever, startups face numerous challenges in today's dynamic business environment.  One of the most significant challenges is securing funding. According to accomplished entrepreneur and business consultant Xavier Staggs, the startup financing landscape has fluctuated dramatically. "In 2019, a quality startup could raise $5 million with relative ease...

Larry Culp is set to continue leading GE Aerospace, with the company's board of directors approving a new employment agreement on June 30. This extension ensures Culp will serve as CEO and board chair at least until the end of 2027, with a possibility to extend his term through 2028....

The core principles of corporate governance help U.S. public companies ensure compliance and accountability while maintaining a strong global profile. Many of these concepts can also be applied to nonprofit and charitable organizations, whose tax-exempt status comes with a responsibility to be accountable to the general public and the direct...

Toine Rodenburg is an e-commerce maven, entrepreneur, and international investor. Originally from the Netherlands, Toine Rodenburg became heavily involved in the emergent business trend of e-commerce, which led to his co-founding MyMalls, a leading e-commerce shipping company serving Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Beyond his professional life, Toine is...

Shoaib Khan has spent the past three decades founding and growing companies and helping the world’s needy people. The Canadian businessman began his career in Toronto, Ontario, after graduating from York University. In 1999, he founded Clearoute Inc., aiming to provide a broad range of services to emergent businesses operating...

Salil Parekh, CEO of Infosys, has agreed to pay a $30,000 fine for not implementing sufficient insider trading controls, as documented by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). SEBI's settlement order revealed that during a 2020-2021 investigation, it was found that a strategic partnership between Infosys and Vanguard,...

A recent report by Deloitte and Workplace Intelligence reveals that a significant majority of C-suite executives, including about 80% of CEOs, feel pressured by employees, customers, investors, partners, and board members to make public commitments towards enhancing human sustainability. Leaders appear to be responding positively to this pressure. A survey...

A report by C-Suite Comp, a firm specializing in tracking leader pay, indicates that some CEOs at smaller tech and financial firms are surpassing the compensation levels of executives at Fortune 500 giants like Apple and Blackstone. Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, stands out among these high earners....

What, exactly, is a chief financial officer? According to Investopedia, “The term chief financial officer refers to a senior executive responsible for managing the financial actions of a company. The CFO's duties include tracking cash flow and financial planning, as well as analyzing the company's financial strengths and weaknesses and...