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A private, global super court you've probably never heard of

by Molly Wood Sep 8, 2016

Investor-state dispute settlements give corporations enormous power over countries.

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Top executives band together to release 'commonsense' corporate guidelines

by Ashley Milne-Tyte Jul 21, 2016

Bankers, business CEO’s and asset managers met secretly to come up with a set of “best principles” for running publicly owned corporations.

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2016: A Corporation Odyssey

by Marketplace Staff Jun 15, 2016

What's a corporation? Paddy Hirsch explains.

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The first corporations — way back — had social purpose

by Scott Tong Jun 14, 2016

The idea that they are solely businesses developed as late as the 1800s.

Circa 1680, a look at the trading post established by the British East India Company at Surat.

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IBM: when corporations took care of their employees

by Dan Bobkoff Jun 13, 2016

IBM had a policy of full employment and went without layoffs for seven decades.

Louis V. Gerstner became CEO of IBM in 1993. Later that year, the company would lay off thousands of workers.

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Introducing "The Price of Profits"

by Marketplace Staff Jun 13, 2016

We're exploring what happens when profits become a company’s product, in partnership with Business Insider.

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The long party for commodity producers is so over

by Scott Tong Aug 24, 2015

Commodities run in long cycles, with booms sustained by a historical event.

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Firms, organized labor wait for major ruling

by Mark Garrison Aug 14, 2015

The case is about employees working for subcontractors or franchisees.

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The activists are coming!

by Paddy Hirsch Apr 21, 2015

Spring is shareholder meeting season — and primetime for activist investors.

A photo from February 2006, where activist investor Carl Icahn, right, was pictured with former Viacom and Universal Studios CEO Frank Biondi, left. At the time, Icahn sought to overthrow Time Warner's board, break up the media conglomerate into four companies, and have Biondi take over as Time Warner chief executive.

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Target attracts new customers by downsizing

by Annie Baxter Jul 23, 2014

Target opened it's smallest store in Minneapolis. What's a Target if it's not big?

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