Climate activist convicted for Credit Suisse red paint protest
A climate change protester who smeared red paint on the window of a Credit Suisse bank branch has been ordered to pay more than $2,000...
Freak head injury forces Olympic champion Danson-Bennett to quit
Britain’s Olympic gold medal-winning former women’s hockey captain Alex Danson-Bennett has been forced to retire because of a head injury sustained while laughing at a...
Jurors begin third day of deliberations in Weinstein rape trial
Jurors weighing rape and sexual assault charges against former movie producer Harvey Weinstein began their third day of deliberations in criminal court in Manhattan on...
UK watchdog to scrutinise how companies, auditors calculate climate risk
Britain’s financial accounting watchdog plans to review how companies and auditors assess and report the impact of climate change on their businesses, as investors push...
China says will help manage Mekong as report warns of dam danger
China on Thursday said it was helping its downstream neighbors cope with a prolonged drought by releasing more water from its dams on the Mekong...
Shipping industry faces $370 million hit from new Panama Canal charge
A new “freshwater” charge that came in this month to help the Panama Canal cope with climate change will cost the shipping industry up to...
Georgia, backed by U.S. and Britain, blames Russia for ‘paralyzing’ cyber attack
Britain and the United States joined Georgia on Thursday in blaming Russia for a large-scale cyber attack last year that knocked thousands of Georgian websites...
Morgan Stanley’s Gorman charts ambitious course with $13 billion E*Trade deal
Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it would buy discount brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp in a stock deal worth about $13 billion, the biggest acquisition by...
Trump’s acting intel chief Grenell says won’t be nominated for job permanently
Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Germany tapped as acting director of intelligence, on Thursday said Trump would not be nominating him...
L Brands sells majority stake in Victoria’s Secret, CEO Wexner to step down
L Brands Inc said on Thursday it will sell a controlling stake in its Victoria’s Secret unit to investment firm Sycamore Partners, valuing the lingerie...
