‘Complicated’ Brexit Talks Begin with Questions Over What Britain Wants June 19, 2017 By Simon Kennedy, Tim Ross and Ian Wishart Almost a year since Britons voted to leave the European Union, Brexit talks finally began on Monday amid confusion over...
Facebook Opens Up About How It Is Removing Terrorist Content June 19, 2017 By Julia Fioretti Facebook Inc. on Thursday offered new insight into its efforts to remove terrorism content, a response to political pressure in...
Tragic London Fire Raises Questions About ‘Stay Put’ High-Rise Safety Rule June 19, 2017 By Colleen Long A catastrophic blaze at a London apartment tower has brought new scrutiny to a long-accepted, counterintuitive rule for people in...
Takata Bankruptcy Filing Could Happen Next Week in Japan June 16, 2017 By Craig Trudell, David Welch and Ma Jie Takata Corp. plans to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week, paving the way for a sale of the...
Carnegie-Brown Begins Tenure as Lloyd’s Chairman June 16, 2017 Bruce Carnegie-Brown formally has officially assumed his position as chairman of Lloyd’s, following the retirement of John Nelson. “I am...
Prime Minister May: ‘People Deserve Answers’ on London Tower Blaze June 16, 2017 By Alistair Smout and Michael Holden British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday promised a public inquiry into a fire that gutted a 24-story apartment block...
British Insurer Aviva to Launch Small Business Cyber Product June 16, 2017 By Carolyn Cohn British insurer Aviva plans to launch a new product to cover small and medium-sized businesses against cyber attacks later this...
Report Claims 17 Deaths, Worker Abuse at World Cup Construction in Russia June 16, 2017 Workers building stadiums for next year’s World Cup in Russia have faced repeated abuses and routinely gone unpaid for several...
Chinese Banks Backing Away from Anbang Insurance June 15, 2017 Pressure is building on Anbang Insurance Group Co. as Chinese banks distance themselves from the owner of New York’s Waldorf...
China Fines Emirates Airline for Unsafe Operations June 15, 2017 China’s civil aviation authority has fined the world’s largest long-haul carrier, Dubai-based Emirates, and barred it from adding new destinations...