Lloyds and Barclays hit by $4 billion insurance mis-selling claims
Lloyds and Barclays on Monday said a surge in late claims could see them pay out around $2 billion more each to settle Britain’s costliest...
California highway barrier not repaired before fatal Tesla crash
California state transportation officials failed to repair a highway safety device seriously damaged in a high-speed crash 11 days before a fatal collision in March...
Pompeo looking forward to completed U.S.-Japan trade deal at U.N. General Assembly
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said he was looking forward to a completed U.S.-Japan trade agreement at the U.N. General Assembly in...
Elliott Management calls for AT&T shake-up as Trump piles on
Activist investor Elliott Management Corp on Monday unveiled a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T Inc and urged the sprawling U.S. telecommunications and media conglomerate to...
Words of Wisdom: Life Lessons with Salman Rushdie
Magic realism is a literary genre in which narrative is shot through with surreal, dreamlike, seemingly impossible moments....
Stimulus hopes buoy Wall Street, financials lead gains
Wall Street’s main indexes edged higher on Monday as investors bet on increased chances of monetary stimulus from central banks around the world to boost...
California highway barrier repairs ‘ineffective’ before Tesla crash: NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that California state transportation officials should ensure timely repairs of highway traffic safety hardware in the aftermath of...
BA pilots strike grounds 1,700 flights in latest blow to airline
Nearly all British Airways (BA) flights were grounded by its first ever pilots strike on Monday, disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers in...
Explainer: Big tech probes could break up firms, result in huge fines, or neither
The potential penalties for several wide-ranging investigations into whether Facebook, Google and other big U.S. tech companies used their market power unfairly include everything from...
Stimulus hopes lift stocks, pound hits six-week high
A gauge of global stocks advanced on Monday as investors banked on the likelihood of stimulus measures from the world’s central banks to reverse slowing...