International
Accenture Cuts Full-Year Outlook As Consulting Slows Further
Outsourcing and consulting services provider Accenture Plc cut its full-year outlook last week, citing a pullback in spending by its consulting business clients. Clients are slowing the pace and ...
Tepco’s Shareholders Decline to Pursue GE for Fukushima Claims
Tokyo Electric Power Co. shareholders rejected a proposal to look into pursuing claims for compensation against companies that supplied parts for the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, including ...
Insurance Industry Facing Accounting Overhaul in Line with Global Standards
The biggest overhaul of insurance accounting in 30 years was to advance a step on Thursday with the release of a proposal that some insurers fear could make their profits more volatile. In a move to ...
Europe Strikes Deal To Push Cost Of Bank Failure On Investors
The European Union agreed on Thursday to force investors and wealthy savers to share the costs of future bank failures, moving closer to drawing a line under years of taxpayer-funded bailouts that ...
Reuters Insight: Educated With A Dead-Beat Job; The Unseen Legacy Of Europe’s Crisis
As the first anniversary of her graduation in eco-tourism and cultural history approaches, Linnea Borjars remains jobless and frustrated. After finishing her studies at Sweden's Linkoping University, ...
Google Vindicated By EU Court Opinion On Search Results
Google must respect EU privacy law but is not obliged to delete sensitive information from its search index, an adviser to the highest European Union court said, in a case that tests whether people ...
Obama Takes On Power Plants As Part Of New Climate Plan
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants and other domestic actions including support ...