International
Talks Break Off in Panama Canal Contract Dispute
The Panama Canal Authority (PCA) has broken off talks with a Spanish-led building consortium in a dispute over $1.6 billion in cost overruns during work to expand one of the world's most important ...
Google Deal with European Commission in Sight
Google has offered further concessions to address regulatory concerns about its search technology, the European Commission said on Wednesday, effectively settling a three-year investigation and ...
FIO Chief McRaith Dismisses State v. Fed Debate as ‘Relic’
The state versus federal oversight discussion is a "binary debate" that is a relic of a bygone era, the director of the Federal Insurance Office told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing Tuesday. FIO ...
RSA Insurance Turns to Ex-RBS Boss Hester as CEO
RSA Insurance Group Plc hired former Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester to lead the U.K. insurer, as it seeks to put a scandal at its Irish unit behind it. ...
FOREX Market Lawsuits Mount
As investigations into alleged manipulation of the global foreign exchange market advance, class actions against the world's biggest banks are piling up, exposing the banks to potentially billions of ...
Corruption Seen As a Problem by Nearly Half of European Businesses
Corruption is a problem for almost half the companies doing business in Europe, a survey by the European Commission said on Monday, and an increasing number of European Union citizens think it is ...Starr Opens Branch Office in Canada; Names Pak as Country Executive
Starr Insurance & Reinsurance Limited said it has been approved to open a branch office in Canada by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in Canada (OSFI). Starr said it has ...
Richer Nations at Risk from Sell-Off in Emerging Markets
Any spill-over damage to the developed world from a sell-off in emerging markets is likely to come through violent swings in financial flows rather than via lost trade, with Japan seen as most ...