Tim Sloan’s departure ended a 31-year career at Wells Fargo and an arduous two-and-a-half-year effort to get the company back on solid footing after a fake-account scandal erupted in 2016. 91
Lyft, the ride-hailing underdog whose survival was once in doubt, priced its IPO at $72 a share in what could be one of the hottest initial public offerings of the year.
Former Trump campaign adviser Stephen Moore followed an unconventional journey to becoming the president’s latest pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Federal officials accused Facebook of violating fair-housing laws, spotlighting the potential for online companies to take the practice of discriminatory redlining to new heights through the power of algorithm. 324
Officials investigating the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in Ethiopia have reached a preliminary conclusion that a suspect flight-control feature automatically activated before the plane nose-dived into the ground.
The reason behind Nissan’s sudden turn against Ghosn has been a matter for debate. According to documents and people familiar with the matter, executives who pushed for his ouster were motivated by a desire to protect the Japanese company from being subsumed by Renault. 93
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed for the speedy release of Robert Mueller’s report, calling Attorney General William Barr’s summary condescending and arrogant. 329
The president says he has overridden his administration on Special Olympics funding after backlash over a proposal to cut support. 162
California lawmakers proposed a package of bills that includes making it harder for students designated as athletes and children of alumni and donors to get preferential admissions at state universities.
The Supreme Court denied a bid from gun-rights advocates to temporarily halt a ban on rapid-fire bump stock devices like the ones used in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre.
Telecom regulators have levied hefty financial penalties against illegal robocallers and demanded that bad actors repay millions to their victims. But years later, little money has been collected. 290
China is offering foreign tech firms better access to its cloud-computing market, as Beijing fashions a compromise in a sector the U.S. wants opened as part of a trade deal.
President Trump continued to reach out to Republican lawmakers to take the lead on crafting a health plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, working to hand off the politically sensitive effort ahead of the 2020 elections. 66
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to end the National Security Agency’s practice of collecting records of Americans’ phone calls and text messages.
The Supreme Court blocked Texas from executing a Buddhist inmate Thursday, saying that the condemned man was entitled to a spiritual adviser in the death chamber just as Christian prisoners may request a chaplain’s presence.
A former Jackson Hewitt executive told a task force investigating New Jersey’s corporate tax-incentive program that the company lied about its plans to leave the state to secure $2.7 million in tax credits.
The Securities and Exchange Commission temporarily halted its own initiative to limit the rebates that stock exchanges can pay to attract investors’ orders.
One of the big questions surrounding Deutsche Bank’s possible merger with Commerzbank is how much capital it might need to raise from shareholders to finance the deal.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly criticized what he described as plans by PG&E to stack its board of directors with hedge fund financiers interested in “prioritizing quick profits for Wall Street over public safety.”
Saudi Aramco plans to issue a $10 billion bond as early as next week to help fund its acquisition of a majority stake in the kingdom’s petrochemicals firm.
The New York attorney general has filed new allegations against Purdue Pharma, saying Sackler family members fraudulently transferred funds. 126
Friday was meant to be the day the U.K. left the European Union. Now, as one British lawmaker said Thursday, ‘All we know about tomorrow is it’s called Friday.’ And that is more than we know about Brexit’s ultimate fate.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution naming terrorist financing a serious crime and demanding that all countries set up a domestic legal framework to counter the practice.
President Trump renewed his push for OPEC to lower oil prices, but behind the scenes the U.S. has opened a rare dialogue with the leadership of what many have long considered an illegal cartel.
Saudi Arabia released on bail three women’s activists facing charges for their human-rights work and contacts with foreign journalists and diplomats in a case that came to symbolize a political crackdown under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Inspired by coastal California, Sotogrande was bred for the good life. Here’s where to sleep, golf, eat and take in the polo matches in Spain’s most glamorous seaside spot.
For people who own homes in different states, apps track your whereabouts to establish residency in one or the other.