UK banking executive pleads guilty to Libor fixing conspiracy
A high-ranking banking executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix Libor, according to Southwark Crown Court in London, which says it cannot name...
Medieval remains of Partick Castle discovered in Glasgow
The medieval remains of Partick Castle have been discovered by archaeologists working in Glasgow, Scotland, who had no idea they would come across such...
Bombardier laying off 145 workers at Quebec railcar plant
Bombardier Inc. said on Friday that it would lay off 145 employees at its railcar factory in La Pocatière, Quebec. The Montreal-based aerospace and...
VW’s plan to launch new electric vehicles by 2020 is “well on the way”
VW's plan to launch their new electric vehicles (EVs) and MEB platform by 2020 is "well on the way", Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess told...
Royal Bank of Canada net income up 8% to C$9bn
The country’s largest financial institution, Royal Bank of Canada, posted an all-time high net income of C$9 billion for the year ended Oct 31,...
Termites may halt the expansion of deserts in Africa, Asia and S. America
Deserts in Africa, South America and Asia are expanding, and so far nothing has managed to halt their spread, except for perhaps termites, says...
Slower but ‘solid’ GDP growth, low inflation, rising at end of 2015, says Bank...
Economic growth in 2014 was described as 'robust' by the Bank of England in its 'Inflation Report' released on Wednesday 13 May, although it...
Boeing Dreamliner wing cracks
Dreamliner wing cracks have emerged, haunting Boeing’s state-of-the art passenger airplane with more problems. Boeing says it is checking for possible “hairline cracks” on...
Fewer workers living from paycheck to paycheck
The percentage of U.S. workers living from paycheck to paycheck has declined from 46% at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, to...
Nintendo unveils its new hybrid video game console, the Switch
Nintendo just unveiled its latest video game console, the Switch.
The Switch is portable console and the world’s first hybrid of a handheld device and...
