Cheniere Energy canceled next week's annual meeting, citing a lawsuit that accuses the company of improperly awarding stock to employees that today would be valued at more than $1 billion.

Extremists gained ground in last week’s European Parliamentary elections. Violence is escalating in Ukraine. Economic inequality and political polarization are on the rise across the West.  And yet, business leaders looking for safe investment destinations are now more likely to bet on the mature economies of Europe and North America, notwithstanding the Great Recession, than on the Emerging Market darlings of prior years. Mature economies are tested and familiar. Unlike many large emerging markets, their macro-economic data and financial disclosures are considered more reliable.

As Tom Horton, chairman of American Airlines Group, prepares to leave the airline where he has worked for a quarter of a century, he can claim partial credit for a deal that achieved a rare feat for bankrupt companies: enriching shareholders.

American Realty CEO Nicholas Schorsch is in line to take the biggest share of a record $222.1 million executive-incentive compensation pool that would make him one of the highest-paid leaders at a REIT.