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Corporate Governance: In the News - Articles of Interest

• More Chinese funds to adopt ESG investment strategies: report - Xinhua | English.news.cn, February 23, 2019
• It Shook the Food Business by Snagging Burger King, Kraft and Heinz. Now 3G Is Reeling. - WSJ, February 22, 2019
• Magellan Health (MGLN) to Consider Director Nominations - Street Insider, February 22, 2019
• Philip Hammond: Threat of no-deal Brexit is driving efforts for deal – POLITICO, February 21, 2019
• Politicians and Twitter May Hate Buybacks. But Institutional Investors Don't. | Institutional Investor, February 21, 2019
• CEO at Maker of Sharpie, Rubbermaid Under Board Pressure - WSJ, February 21, 2019
• Children's Advocates Ask FTC To Investigate Facebook For Fraud: NPR, February 21, 2019
• Pinterest Files Confidentially for IPO - WSJ, February 21, 2019
• Zillow, in Leadership Shuffle, Brings Back Former CEO - WSJ, February 21, 2019
• Zillow's CEO is out (ZG) | Markets Insider, February 21, 2019
• AT&T Joins Latest Brand Pullback From YouTube Over ‘Unsafe’ Content - WSJ, February 21, 2019
• Ford Investigating Its Emissions Testing After Employees Raised Concerns - WSJ, February 21, 2019
• Schumer Questions Digital First’s Hostile Bid for Gannett - WSJ, February 21, 2019
• Warren Buffett Can’t Find Anything Big to Buy - WSJ, February 21, 2019
• Kraft Heinz discloses SEC probe, $15 billion write-down; shares dive 20 percent | Reuters, February 21, 2019
• UK investor body to apply red warning if a company's board lacks women - Reuters, February  20, 2019
• COSO and Crowe offer guidance on internal controls for health providers | Accounting Today, February 20, 2019
• Gannett Pursuer MNG Escalates Rhetoric After Latest Earnings - Forbes, February  20, 2019
• Barclays buoyed in activist battle by investment banking gains | Reuters, February  20, 2019
• SUNY chancellor's board membership for energy company draws scrutiny - Times Union, February 19, 2019
• 'Do the right thing': ads on Facebook and Google seek big tech whistleblowers | Technology | The Guardian, February 19, 2019
• Don't Do An M&A Deal Without Doing This First - Forbes, February 19, 2019
• Carl Icahn says the best way forward for Caesars Entertainment may be a sale - CNBC, , February 19, 2019
• Activist Bramson's unlikely Barclays board seat bid sharpens scrutiny of bank - Reuters, February  19, 2019
• Opinion | What’s Really in Your Index Fund? - The New York Times, February 18, 2019
• New Goldman Sachs research suggests companies are better off skipping IPOs and staying private — a rare development that's preceded both the financial crisis and tech bubble | Markets Insider, February 15, 2019
• Why Schumer and Sanders Are Wrong on Buybacks | Council on Foreign Relations, February 15, 2019