Comcast: Business services is sweet spot in Time Warner Cable deal
(Reuters) – Selling Internet and phone service to businesses is hardly the sexiest part of the cable industry, but it has got a definite allure for the architects of the $45.2 billion merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable.
Judge orders Mt Gox CEO to U.S. for questions on failed bitcoin exchange
(Reuters) – The chief executive of Japan’s Mt. Gox, once the world’s leading bitcoin exchange, was ordered to the United States to answer questions related to its U.S. bankruptcy case, filed after the company lost $400 million of customers’ digital cur…
Russia says JPMorgan ‘illegally’ blocked embassy money transfer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused U.S. bank JPMorgan on Tuesday of “illegally” blocking a payment from one of its embassies to an insurance agency “under the pretext of anti-Russian sanctions.”
Fed to consider final bank leverage rules on April 8
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. bank regulators will meet next week to vote on final rules that would force the biggest U.S. banks to rely less on debt to fund their businesses, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday.
HSBC has ‘much work’ to do on anti-laundering fixes, U.S. says
(Reuters) – HSBC has made some progress in improving its anti-money laundering program as required by a 2012 deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, but there remains “much work to be done,” federal prosecutors said in a Tuesda…
Miner Anglo American without platinum is an option: CEO
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The chief executive of Anglo American , one of the world’s largest diversified miners, said divesting the strike-afflicted platinum division could be an option if it does not perform as well as the others.
Bitcoin derivatives platform BTC gets funding from Seedcoin
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bitcoin derivatives trading platform BTC.sx has secured funding from Seedcoin Fund, BTC.sx Chief Operating Officer George Samman told Reuters on Tuesday.
Boeing machinists to vote in rare leadership challenge
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co machinists cast ballots on Thursday in a rare election for control of one of North America’s largest industrial unions, a contest that could see a shift to a more militant stance if the challengers are successful.
Solid U.S. job growth expected for March as winter fades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely accelerated in March as the winter’s gloom started to lift, providing the strongest signal yet that economic growth was shifting into higher gear.
Weather, incentives help lift March U.S. auto sales
DETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The top five automakers in the United States on Tuesday reported higher March sales, beating forecasts and raising expectations April could show an even stronger sales rebound after a long winter.
