(Reuters) - Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic dust ubiquitous in construction, foundries and fracking.
(Reuters) - Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic dust ubiquitous in construction, foundries and fracking.
MILAN, March 24 (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Versace, which aims to list on the stock market next year, said core profit rose 20 percent last year, helped by strong growth in online sales, a weak euro currency and solid demand for its high-end collection.
A Charleston-based technology firm that helps donors give specific items to nonprofit groups has raised $750,000 to grow its employee base.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian security forces shot dead an Islamist militant wearing a suicide bomb belt before he could detonate his explosives in a small town east of the capital Algiers, the state news agency APS said on Thursday.
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has written to U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz demanding a shipment of weapons-grade plutonium en route to her state from Japan be turned back or sent elsewhere, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.
ZURICH, March 24 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam received 18.9 million Swiss francs ($19.4 million) in cash and share awards from the Swiss bank in 2015 even after requesting a 40 percent bonus cut, according to its annual report.
PARIS (Reuters) - French business leaders urged the government to beef up a revised labour reform bill after pressure from unions and students forced it to scrap plans to limit severance pay.
Breakingviews columnists explain why the activist's push to replace all Yahoo's directors is understandable – but is a risky move that may end up backfiring.
Breakingviews columnists explain why the activist's push to replace all Yahoo's directors is understandable – but is a risky move that may end up backfiring.
Breakingviews columnists explain why the activist's push to replace all Yahoo's directors is understandable – but is a risky move that may end up backfiring.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday gave Volkswagen AG and U.S. regulators until April 21 to agree on a fix for the nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles on U.S. roadways caught up in VW's massive emissions cheating scandal.
SAVANNAH — A movie director was released from jail Wednesday after serving a year behind bars for the death of a College of Charleston graduate killed by a train during filming of a movie about singer Gregg Allman.
LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Spinnaker Capital portfolio manager Bradley Wickens is leaving the $1.7 billion emerging markets-focused hedge fund firm to start his own company, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States was too slow to condemn human rights violations during Argentina's past dictatorship, as he honors victims of the country's so-called 'Dirty War.' Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States was too slow to condemn human rights violations during Argentina's past dictatorship, as he honors victims of the country's so-called 'Dirty War.' Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and German officials agreed this week to deepen their collaboration on a range of cyber issues, including working to promote norms for responsible state behavior in cyberspace and expanding training in developing countries.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials said on Thursday that they are hopeful they will be able to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters without help from Apple Inc, but said the national debate over privacy and encryption must still be resolved.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights official voiced concern on Thursday that a deal to manage migrant flows struck by the European Union and Turkey could lead to "collective expulsions" of refugees in violation of international law.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted two Iranian companies on Thursday for supporting Iran's ballistic missile programme and also sanctioned two British businessmen it said were helping an airline used by the country's Revolutionary Guards.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted two Iranian companies on Thursday for supporting Iran's ballistic missile programme and also sanctioned two British businessmen it said were helping an airline used by the country's Revolutionary Guards.
As Britain's Brexit debate heats up, the UK finance minister George Osborne faces tough questioning by parliament on "The economic and financial costs and benefits of UK's EU membership". Ivor Bennett reports.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's ruling conservatives plan to reinstate a prescription requirement for "morning after" emergency contraceptive pills, a move critics say reflects Catholic Church pressure and may lead to unwanted pregnancies.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's ruling conservatives plan to reinstate a prescription requirement for "morning after" emergency contraceptive pills, a move critics say reflects Catholic Church pressure and may lead to unwanted pregnancies.
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