Boeing dismisses CEO Muilenburg to restore confidence over 737 MAX crisis
Boeing Co has ousted Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg in an attempt by the world’s biggest planemaker to restore confidence as a prolonged crisis has seen...
Key events leading up to the firing of Boeing’s CEO over the 737 MAX
Boeing Co has fired Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg following a year of intense scrutiny and industrial setbacks set off by twin fatal crashes of its...
Pitino, Adidas settle legal dispute
Rick Pitino and Adidas have settled the former Louisville coach’s claim that the company led to his firing from the university....
Decade in Review: What the smartphone has wrought
When the first Apple iPhone hit the market in 2007, not everyone was convinced it would supplant the flip-phone. When Google’s Android software system arrived...
AstraZeneca, Daiichi’s breast cancer drug gets accelerated approval from FDA
(This Dec.20 story corrects first paragraph to say the approval came four months ahead of schedule, not three months, after FDA clarification)...
U.S. senators ask for government investigation of tax credit program for coal
Three U.S. Democratic senators have asked the investigative arm of Congress to evaluate a $1 billion-a-year subsidy for burning chemically treated refined coal, after research...
Credit Suisse admits spying on second executive
Credit Suisse on Monday admitted to snooping on another of the bank’s former executives, deepening a spying scandal at the Swiss group, which is already...
Global shares inch to new highs on trade hopes, dollar little changed
Equity markets extended a year-end rally on Monday, with a global index of stocks’ performance and Wall Street hitting new highs, lifted by optimism over...
U.S. recalls its ambassador to Zambia after gay rights row: sources
The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to Zambia following a row with authorities in the southern African nation after he criticized the jailing of...
No Christmas mass at Notre-Dame for the first time since Napoleon
For the first time in more than 200 years, worshippers will not be able to attend Christmas mass at Notre-Dame cathedral, still being restored after...