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The most in-the-know insiders earned three times as much as the typical investor in any given month. Witthaya Prasongsin/Moment via Getty Images

Insider trading − the legal kind − is a lot more profitable if you work for a multinational company

Executives and other high-level inside traders at US companies with global sales earned about three times as much in a month as the average investor, a new study found.
Looks like paradise – especially if you’re a multinational corporation in need of a tax haven. LeoPatrizi/E+ via Getty Images

$1 trillion in the shade – the annual profits multinational corporations shift to tax havens continues to climb and climb

New research shows that companies are shifting record amounts of their profits to tax havens, despite a global effort to crack down on the practice.
Multinational enterprises are struggling to retain many of the employees they send abroad on international assignments. (Shutterstock)

How companies can improve the retention of employees returning from abroad

Multinational enterprises are facing a high rate of repatriate turnover from employees returning back home from international assignments.
Corporations are increasingly calling on governments to act on climate change, even if it doesn’t benefit them. EdG2s/Wikimedia

Here’s how to convince CEOs to support government climate action at the expense of their own profits

Research suggests that corporate leaders can be encouraged to lobby for climate action by personally experiencing the effects of climate change.
Apple is committed to serving “Americans”, even as Tim Cook’s company asserts that manufacturing the iPhone in the United States would not be a viable option. Frederic J. Brown/AFP

Debate: Can corporate purpose be global?

New initiatives have allowed firms to enshrine their purpose in corporate bylaws, but gaps exist between local and international issues that can complicate the definition of a multinational’s purpose.
In Mexico, more than half of workers in the industrial and non-agricultural services sectors do not have access to social security. Lunamarina / Shutterstock

Human rights: the indirect impact of multinationals in emerging countries

Multinational corporations are increasingly vigilant about respecting human rights, but the case of Mexico tells us that they can indirectly encourage violations by local businesses.

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