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U.S. Treasury Rules Strengthen Oversight of Foreign Investors

Foreigners seeking to invest in U.S aircraft and missile manufacturers, semiconductors or two dozen other industries would face heightened scrutiny by a government committee wielding stronger powers, under rules the Trump administration will issue Wednesday. Investors interested in American developers …

U.S. Investors Sue Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Scandal

Volkswagen AG was accused in a lawsuit of scheming to defraud U.S. investors who paid artificially inflated prices for the company’s foreign shares while it cheated on vehicle emissions tests. In what may be the first investor suit over Volkswagen’s …

Aviva and Partner Hold IPO of Their Turkish Pension & Life Unit

Aviva plc and its partner Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS raised 331 million liras ($147 million) in the initial public offering of their Turkish pension and life insurance unit as the shares priced near the top of the range. The …

BP Wins Dismissal of Part of Investor Lawsuit Over Gulf Oil Spill

A U.S. federal judge dismissed a large part of a nationwide lawsuit accusing BP Plc and top executives of fraud for misleading shareholders before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill about the oil company’s ability to respond …