California prosecutors have broadened their civil lawsuit against popular online ride-sharing service Uber, alleging that its background checks missed people previously convicted of murder and sex crimes, court records show.
The United States' securities watchdog is helping German prosecutors to investigate the alleged payment of bribes by Ford (F.N) to speed the passage of containers through Russian customs, a source at the U.S. carmaker said on Tuesday.
Google Inc (GOOGL.O), the world's most popular Internet search engine, has been given an extra two weeks to counter European Union charges of abusing its market power in a dozen EU countries and stave off a possible billion-euro fine.
Investors have recovered more than $2 billion in settlements with nine banks over claims of price-rigging in the foreign exchange market, and are continuing to pursue claims against seven other banks, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Thursday.
