FEB
2
2017

U.S. fines Mastercard, UniRush $13 mln for prepaid card breakdowns

The U.S. government on Wednesday fined Mastercard Inc and UniRush $13 million for a failure with prepaid cards that in 2015 left tens of thousands of people unable to pay bills and access cash

FEB
1
2017

Britain posthumously pardons thousands of gay men in ‘Turing law’

The "Turing law" received royal assent on Tuesday, the last stage in a bill becoming law in the United Kingdom

FEB
1
2017

UN demands release of Rwanda case judge

A UN legal body has ordered that Turkey release a judge detained in the aftermath of last year´s failed coup attempt

FEB
1
2017

Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court

Mr. Trump announced his selection during a much-anticipated evening ceremony that unfolded in prime time at the White House

JAN
31
2017

Austria to ban full-face veil in public places

Austria´s ruling coalition has agreed to prohibit full-face veils in public spaces such as courts and schools

JAN
31
2017

Trump fires acting Attorney General who defied him

The president replaced Ms. Yates with Dana J. Boente, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia

JAN
31
2017

Deutsche Bank fined by regulators over money laundering claims

Deutsche Bank has been fined $630m by US and UK regulators in connection with a Russian money laundering plan

JAN
31
2017

Former New York fund analyst convicted of insider trading

Lawyers for Afriyie were not immediately available to comment

JAN
30
2017

Shell set to sell $3 billion North Sea assets to Chrysaor

Shell and Chrysaor declined to comment.

JAN
30
2017

Airbnb offers free housing to those hit by Trump ban

Airbnb has offered free accommodation to people left stranded by President Donald Trump´s travel restrictions

JAN
30
2017

Canada to offer temporary residency to travelers stranded by U.S

Trump´s decision on Friday, which also affects refugees, left many people uncertain of whether they could enter the United States

JAN
30
2017

Judge blocks Trump order on refugees amid chaos and outcry worldwide

The Department of Homeland Security said that the order also barred green card holders from those countries from re-entering the United States

JAN
27
2017

U.S. judge approves Braskem $633 mln fine in record corruption case

Braskem had agreed to the penalty when it pleaded guilty on Dec. 21 to a conspiracy charge over a scheme that also involved Brazil´s Odebrecht SA, Latin America´s largest construction company

JAN
27
2017

VW set to plead guilty in U.S. diesel emissions case

The Justice Department charged VW with conspiring for nearly 10 years to cheat on diesel emissions tests. The German automaker agreed to pay $4.3 billion in U.S. civil and criminal fines

JAN
27
2017

Student forced to urinate in bucket wins $1.3m lawsuit

A California school district has been ordered to pay $1.25m to a former student who urinated in a bucket after she was denied a toilet break

JAN
27
2017

Alibaba’s Ant Financial buys MoneyGram for $880m

Ant Financial, the digital payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is buying US-based MoneyGram for $880m.

JAN
27
2017
JAN
26
2017

RBS puts aside further £3.1bn for US mortgages fine

Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside a further $3.8bn (£3.1bn) to cover fines in the US, the bank has said

JAN
26
2017

Johnson & Johnson to buy Swiss biotech company Actelion for $30bn

Swiss biotech group’s founder to head up standalone spin-off research company

JAN
26
2017

Trump orders construction of border wall, boosts deportation force

The orders also call for stripping sanctuary cities of federal grant funding and announced sweeping new criteria that could make many more undocumented immigrants priorities for deportation

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