Germany eyes effective emission control from diesel cars
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany is considering “effective measures” to cut pollution from diesel engines, the transport ministry said on Saturday, reacting to a media report saying planned goals were unambitious.
Austrian lawmaker files charges against Daimler over Eurofighter
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian Green party lawmaker Peter Pilz has filed a complaint with Vienna prosecutors against Daimler , alleging deception and serious fraud linked to business deals that accompanied the country’s 2003 purchase of Eurofighter jets.
GM teams up with Uber to expand Maven program to Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Saturday it was testing its car-sharing operation, Maven, in Australia through a pilot program with ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL].
Housing stocks may not be on terra firma
(Reuters) – Investors may have overbuilt U.S. housing stocks as data has yet to match up with the homebuilder sector’s biggest rally in five years.
Greenlight Capital takes stake in Toshiba, says its funds fell 4 percent in second quarter
(Reuters) – Hedge fund Greenlight Capital said on Friday that it had added a stake in Toshiba Corp as it expects the stock to rise once the Japanese company resolves uncertainties around its bankrupt Westinghouse unit and the sale of its memory busines…
U.S. judge postpones decision in bid to block Toshiba memory unit sale
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge did not reach a decision Friday in Western Digital Corp’s bid to temporarily block Toshiba Corp from selling its flash memory business in an $18 billion deal but proposed requiring Toshiba to give Western Digital two weeks’ not…
Ashley Madison parent in $11.2 million settlement over data breach
(Reuters) – The owner of the Ashley Madison adultery website said on Friday it will pay $11.2 million to settle U.S. litigation brought on behalf of roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a July 2015 data breach.
AstraZeneca offers no comment after report saying CEO staying
LONDON (Reuters) – Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca declined to comment on speculation about the future of its chief executive Pascal Soriot on Friday, after a report quoted Bloomberg news agency saying he would stay in his post.
Buffett, Malone explore investment in Sprint: sources
(Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc and John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp are exploring an investment of between $10 billion and $20 billion in U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp, people familiar with the matter said.
Exclusive: Toyota made UK investment decision after Brexit reassurances – sources
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government helped to secure a more than 240-million ($310 million) pound investment from Toyota in its English plant with a letter reassuring the Japanese carmaker over post-Brexit trading arrangements, two sources told R…
