… founded Anglo American Plc a century ago; the Belfers, who built a fortune in oil; and the Fribourgs, who sold the grain trading arm of their Continental Grain Co. business to Cargill Inc. in 1999. Josh Steiner, head of industry verticals at Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, is a non-executive
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AMSTERDAM, April 20 (Reuters) – The acting chairman of Steinhoff, Heather Sonn, told shareholders on Friday the company had made “good progress on the accounting irregularities” which led the South African retail group to overstate income and asset values. In a presentation to shareholders,
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After being dragged kicking and screaming to hold an inquiry into misconduct in Australia's financial industry, the government is now jumping aboard the bank-bashing bandwagon as public anger at evidence of wrongdoing escalates. Among the more shocking revelations this week, the inquiry heard
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A Brooklyn postal worker got sent to the dead letter office Thursday for his failure to deliver the mail. Postman Aleksey Germash dumped upwards of 17,000 pieces of mail instead of bringing them to the right addresses, authorities said Thursday.
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NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Times and other news outlets are reporting that federal regulators plan to fine Wells Fargo as much as $1 billion as early as Friday for abuses tied to its auto lending and mortgage businesses.
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