Agenda

Corporate America shrank away from mergers and acquisitions last year. Now, however, more boards appear to be penciling in discussions about M&A.

Walgreen’s board has opened the company’s executive stock option plan to all employees.

The comment period for the SEC’s proxy access proposal is now over, but the debate over whether to allow shareholders access to the proxy statement still rages unabated.

General Motors announced that Edward Whitacre will be permanent chairman and CEO, reversing a 10-month precedent of separating the roles at the behest of the government. Some observers are surprised and critical of the move.

New regulations being developed in Europe to further reduce excessive risk are being studied carefully by U.S. regulators and lawmakers to consider their adoption here.

With boards now recognized as distinct risk factors, directors have an obligation to devise a transparent and accountable system to measure their performance, our guest columnist writes.

An elaborate two-year undercover sting has ended in the Justice Department’s biggest-ever prosecution of individuals for foreign corporate bribery.

The Supreme Court's recent ruling that corporations can fund a broad range of political activities from their general treasuries is expected to produce new legislation.

Lawmakers and economists discussed several tougher measures as part of a wide-ranging House Financial Services Committee hearing on the subject late last month.

The IRS has issued a new proposed rule that would force companies to reveal substantially more about uncertain tax positions.

The SEC passed interpretive guidance on climate change that will standardize the disclosure of risk but raises the question of what companies the new guidance applies to.