After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed.
U.S. safety regulators have closed investigations into about 500,000 Ford Motor Co (F.N) and about 100,000 General Motors Co (GM.N) vehicles without calling for recalls, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday.
Microsoft sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, seeking information about a law firm hired by U.S. tax authorities in a review of how the software company books sales between subsidiaries.