WASHINGTON (AP) - A House panel voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of a new data-sharing program that would give the federal government a broader role in helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks. ... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (AP) - House lawmakers expected to finalize legislation Wednesday that would give the federal government a broader role helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S.-style ban on Britain's banks trading with their own money is not needed and would be too difficult to enforce, members of an influential committee said on Friday. Instead, Britain should use the threat of capital add-on... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One day after "Zero Dark Thirty" failed to win major awards at the Oscars, a congressional aide said on Monday the Senate Intelligence Committee has closed its inquiry into the filmmakers' contacts with the Centr... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The bosses of HSBC, Barclays and Lloyds have been called to testify before a parliamentary committee next week as an inquiry into standards in banking intensifies after a string of scandals. Britain's Parliamentary Commission ... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Two British parliamentary committees are due to quiz tax officials about how Starbucks was able to avoid paying tax on 1.2 billion pounds of sales since 2009. MPs said a Reuters report that showed Starbucks had been telling investo... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The top national bank regulator and a former executive in the middle of an interest rate scandal at Barclays face a grilling by British MPs on Monday over what they knew about an affair that has drawn in banks, regulators and polit... [Full Article]
A Pakistani cricket committee has summoned wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal in a bid to clear him from suspicion of match-fixing and revive his derailed career, an official said Tuesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
The Israeli government on Sunday set up a new forum of ministers aimed at preempting any possible future court challenges to wildcat settlement outposts in the West Bank. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Palestinian election officials will begin work on updating the electoral register in the Gaza Strip on Monday in a key step to pave the way for elections, an official told AFP on Sunday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]