Exchange operator BATS Global Markets on Tuesday called for changes to U.S. stock market rules, including slashing exchange fees for the most actively traded stocks, in the latest plea for regulatory reform from within the industry.
A former executive of Japan's Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing and rigging bids for auto parts made for cars sold in the United States, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
New regulation of Israel's natural gas and mining industries aimed at increasing competition to bring down prices is scaring off investors, putting billions of dollars at risk.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said graft allegations against four former ministers were part of a "coup attempt", denying on Tuesday accusations the government had put pressure on a parliamentary commission not to send them to trial.
