Finance News

March 10, 2020

Gov't says Fifth Third opened fake accounts like Wells Fargo

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit against Fifth Third Bank, alleging the bank's employees opened ...

March 07, 2020

Polish president OKs $510M for public media amid campaign

Poland's president has signed a bill earmarking nearly 2 billion zlotys ($510 million) to fund public television and radio, ...

March 07, 2020

Biden invokes Obama, swipes at Sanders with six-state ad buy

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is plowing $12 million into a six-state ad buy ahead of the March 10 and March 17 ...

March 07, 2020

FAA seeks $19.7 million penalty against Boeing over sensors

Federal regulators want to fine Boeing $19.68 million for installing sensors that the agency says might not have been ...

March 05, 2020

Panel chosen to represent victims in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

A lawyer for the Boy Scouts of America apologized to victims of sexual abuse by scout leaders Wednesday before the selection ...

March 04, 2020

Brazil's economy posts third year of slow growth in 2019

Brazil's economy expanded by 1.1% in 2019, marking a third straight year of frustrating activity following a massive ...

March 04, 2020

UK's Johnson stands by colleague as bullying claims mount

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came to the defense of his interior minister on Wednesday, after several civil servants ...

March 03, 2020

Justices likely to preserve SEC power to recoup fraud money

The Supreme Court seemed prepared Tuesday to preserve an important tool that federal securities regulators used last year to ...

February 26, 2020

How auto insurers use your nondriving habits to raise prices

You expect your car insurance rates to increase after you buy a new vehicle, cause a crash or add a young driver to your ...

February 24, 2020

Justices throw out seizure of church assets in Puerto Rico

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a court order to seize assets belonging to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Juan, ...

February 24, 2020

Sanders would use wealth tax for universal child care, pre-K

Bernie Sanders has joined fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren in proposing that a “wealth tax” can fiance government-funded ...

February 22, 2020

In Brazil, fear of spreading police protests during Carnival

A violent police strike in northeastern Brazil has shed light on dissatisfaction among cops elsewhere in the country, with ...

February 21, 2020

Court in Thailand orders popular opposition party dissolved

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it ...

February 20, 2020

Conflict of interest fears cast shadow over EU budget talks

As European Union leaders deliberated over their 1 trillion-euro ($1.1 trillion) budget Thursday, lawmakers were deeply ...

February 20, 2020

Uber resumes operating in Colombia after three-week hiatus

Uber restarted operations in Colombia on Thursday after shutting down its app for almost three weeks. In a statement, the ...

February 19, 2020

IRS to pay visits to high-income taxpayers who fail to file

If you earn six figures and haven't been filing your taxes, the IRS may come knocking. The agency said Wednesday that it is ...

February 19, 2020

UK inflation jumps higher, reducing likelihood of rate cut

Consumer price inflation in Britain jumped higher in January, official figures showed Wednesday, undermining the case for the ...

February 18, 2020

Farmers block highways in Spain to protest low food prices

Farmers in fluorescent yellow vests blocked highways in southwestern Spain with tractors and other vehicles Tuesday in the ...

February 18, 2020

EU puts Cayman Islands, others on tax blacklist

The European Union has added four countries and jurisdictions to its blacklist of tax havens , including the British overseas ...