New European Privacy Rules (GDPR) Pose Major Challenge for Facebook March 20, 2018 By Douglas Busvine, David Ingram and Salvador Rodriguez Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality...
Uber Drivers in Turkey Fear for Lives After Alleged Attacks by Traditional Cab Drivers March 20, 2018 By Cagan Koc and Ugur Yilmaz An Uber driver keeps a metal rod close at hand during his daily drives through Istanbul. Alarmed by violent attacks...
AXA Investment Managers Bullish About Europe as Asian Investors’ Interest Grows March 20, 2018 By Julie Edde Andrea Rossi doesn’t buy into the story that Europe is a dead end for growth. In fact, he sees luring...
UK Insurers, Banks Push Ahead with Relocating HQs – Despite Brexit Transition Deal March 20, 2018 By Huw Jones and Andrew MacAskill London-based banks and other financial firms won’t put their Brexit moves on hold despite a transition deal between Britain and...
EU Eyes Offering `Improved Equivalence’ for UK Financial Services After Brexit March 20, 2018 By Nikos Chrysoloras The European Union will consider offering the U.K. “improved equivalence” for financial services after Brexit, according to the bloc’s latest...
UK Government, Regulators to Examine Potential Risks from Cryptocurrencies March 19, 2018 By Huw Jones and Emma Rumney Britain’s government and regulators will look in detail at the potential risks from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, British junior finance minister...
UK, EU Agree to 21-Month Brexit Transition Period; Clock Starts Ticking in March 2019 March 19, 2018 By Emma Ross-Thomas, Ian Wishart and Tim Ross The U.K. clinched a deal that will buy it time in Brexit talks in a move the European Union’s chief...
Wildfires in Southeast Australia Destroy More Than 70 Homes, Kill Livestock March 19, 2018 By Edward Johnson More than 70 homes were destroyed as bushfires swept through the seaside town of Tathra in southeastern Australia at the...
Brit Names Walker from Marsh as Head of UK Property March 19, 2018 Brit Ltd. announced it has appointed Neil Walker as head of UK Property. In this role, Walker reports to Tom...
Climate Change Worsens Effects of Natural Disasters, Costing Farmers Billions of Dollars March 19, 2018 By Agnieszka de Sousa Natural disasters from droughts to floods are costing farmers in poorer countries billions of dollars a year in lost crops...