LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson, actor Zac Efron and British star Benedict Cumberbatch are among celebrities who will be getting a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 2021. Shia LaBeouf, Missy Elliott and “American Pie” singer-son... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Shionogi & Co (4507.T), creator of the blockbuster cholesterol treatment Crestor, said on Monday it would tie up with Ping An Insurance Group Co of China (601318.SS), selling a 2.05% voting stake for 33.53 billion yen ($311 million). ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Australian actress Margot Robbie hinted that her new female-led action film “Birds of Prey” could be the first in a series of movies as she reprised the role of comic antihero Harley Quinn in what she has called a passion project. Robbie, 29... More »
MILAN (Reuters) – The Bank of Italy “positively” fulfilled its supervision duties and is ready to account for its actions on failing lender Banca Popolare di Bari, Governor Ignazio Visco told Corriere della Sera daily in an interview published on Monday. Prose... More »
(Reuters) – Some of the tourists on New Zealand’s White Island during Monday’s volcano eruption were passengers on a cruise ship visiting the area, cruise line officials say. The ship, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas, is in port in Tauranga, a coastal ci... More »
BAYEUX, France (Reuters) – The French town of Bayeux has been home for nearly a millennium to a tapestry depicting a bloody battle for power. Now it has another. An exhibition featuring a tapestry illustrating the events of hit HBO TV show “Game of Thrones” op... More »
BAYEUX, France (Reuters) – The French town of Bayeux has been home for nearly a millennium to a tapestry depicting a bloody battle for power. Now it has another. An exhibition featuring a tapestry illustrating the events of hit HBO TV show “Game of Thrones” op... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Tencent Video has delayed the broadcast of the “Game of Thrones” finale, according to an official message published by the online streaming site on Monday, prompting uproar among fans of the popular TV series in the country. Tencen... More »
(Warning: This story contains spoilers for the final episode of “Game of Thrones.”) By David Gaffen (Reuters) – After eight seasons and 73 episodes, HBO’s long-running smash series, “Game of Thrones”, wrapped up on Sunday, with one more shocking demise and an ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Some 17.4 million Americans watched the first episode of the final season of television’s “Game of Thrones” – a record audience for the medieval fantasy series, cable channel HBO said on Monday. HBO said Sunday’s live U.S. television au... More »
Relief pitcher Lee Smith and outfielder/designated hitter Harold Baines and were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday by the entity’s Today’s Game Era Committee. Smith, a seven-time All-Star, was named on all 16 ballots. Baines, a six-time A... More »
(Reuters) – Bank of America (BAC.N) reported a 34 percent rise in first-quarter profit on Monday, topping Wall Street estimates, as the lender benefited from higher interest rates and growth in loans and deposits. Revenue rose at three of BofA’s four major bus... More »
(Reuters) – Bank of America Corp said on Thursday it will grow its wealth management offering for mainstream investors by opening 600 new Merrill Edge centers and adding 300 new brokers in the next two years. Merrill Edge is a division of the bank that serves ... More »
Presenter Anke Engelke during the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. director Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” – a quirky movie about a Japanese... More »
Lloyd’s Chief Executive Officer Inga Beale attends an interview in Hong Kong, China January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip HONG KONG (Reuters) – Insurance market Lloyd’s of London [SOLYD.UL], an integral part of the British business scene since the 17th century, ... More »
The company logo of the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch is displayed at its office in Hong Kong March 8, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Merrill Lynch banned clients from investing in one of bitcoin mogul Barry Silbert’s top fund... More »
Amazon.com Inc has bought the global television rights to "The Lord of the Rings," the company said on Monday, in what may be its biggest and most expensive move yet to draw viewers to its streaming and shopping club Prime. More »
Britain's financial watchdog said it had fined Bank of America's Merrill Lynch 34.5 million pounds ($45.5 million) for failing to report 68.5 million exchange traded derivative transactions between February 2014 and 2016. More »
E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC.O) plans to spend $275 million to acquire a firm that provides custody services and technical support to financial advisers, the discount brokerage firm said on Thursday. More »
Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America Corp agreed to pay a combined $65.5 million to settle investor litigation accusing large banks of rigging the roughly $9 trillion government agency bond market over a decade. More »
The “Planet of the Apes” films highlight the risks of a lack of empathy with people from different cultures, actor Andy Serkis said at the premiere of “War for the Planet of the Apes”, the final film of a recent trilogy spun off from science fiction. More »
70th Cannes Film Festival – Photocall for the TV series ‘Top of the Lake : China Girl’ presented as part of 70th Anniversary Events – Cannes, France. 23/05/2017. Director Jane Campion poses with cast member Elisabeth Moss. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Jane Campion, ... More »
The company logo of the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch is displayed at its office in Hong Kong March 8, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Bank of America Corp’s Merrill Lynch will stop paying the big upfront bonuses that Wall Street brokerages have long used to lure ... More »
Bank of America Corp’s brokerage, Merrill Lynch, said on Thursday it will roll out a commissions-paying retirement account compatible with a new U.S. Labor Department regulation that raises the standards for client care. More »
Bank of America’s (BAC.N) wealth business reported revenue climbed 3 percent to $4.6 billion in the first quarter this year from last year on higher client assets under management and fees, Bank of America Chief Financial Officer Paul Donofrio said Tuesday. More »
A worker washes windows high atop the Merrill Lynch building in downtown San Diego, California September 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake Merrill Lynch, a unit of Bank of America Corp, may not entirely do away with its commission-based retirement accounts, after Tr... More »
Brian Moynihan, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Bank of America Corporation attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich Bank of America Corp’s (BAC.N) board awarded Chief Executive Officer... More »
A Bank Of America sign is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Bank of America Corp has opened three completely automated branches over the past month, where customers can use ATMs and have video conferences with... More »
The Bank of America building is shown in Los Angeles, California October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Bank of America Corp has been hit with a proposed class action accusing it of charging exorbitant fees to thousands of former Arizona prison inmate... More »
Reflections are seen in the windows of a Bank of America branch in New York, U.S. on October 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Bank of America (BAC.N) is set to cut about two dozen investment banking (IB) jobs in Asia, including some top dealmakers sta... More »
Bank of America will provide research coverage on all of its mutual fund offerings, a move that will require it to get rid of some underperforming and unpopular funds, a company spokesman said on Friday. Bank of America offers over 3,500 mutual funds to its Me... More »
Bank of America Corp is hiring a new team of investment bankers who cater to midsized companies, four years after dismantling a similar business, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The precise number of middle-market bankers it plans to add co... More »
NEW YORK A federal judge has dismissed nearly all of a lawsuit against Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and US Bancorp (USB.N) that held them liable for losses on roughly $6.8 billion in toxic mortgage securities that helped sink five federal credit unions. In a d... More »
Former Wells Fargo chairman and chief executive Richard Kovacevich said that Bank of America shareholders are wrong to try to strip Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan of his chairman title. Bank of America’s shareholders vote next week on whether CEO Moynihan ... More »
NEW YORK Some Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) officials told investors they could lose an upcoming shareholder vote on having Brian Moynihan continue as chairman and chief executive of the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The report, in a stor... More »
BOSTON/NEW YORK Big mutual funds are likely to vote later this month to allow Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan to retain his chairman title, based on their voting history, governance experts said. That support could leave investors seeking t... More »
BOSTON Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday recommended Bank of America Corp shareholders vote to strip Chief Executive Brian Moynihan of his additional title of chairman, joining a chorus of critics ahead of a Sept. 22 shareholder meetin... More »
BNY Mellon Corp (BK.N) expects to fix the computer glitch that disrupted pricing of U.S. mutual funds and exchange-traded funds before markets open on Monday, its chief executive said. The resolution of the issue, which affected the calculation of billions of ... More »
