ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) – When Tidjane Thiam unveils his plans for Credit Suisse on Wednesday the Swiss bank’s new chief executive will likely rest his case on three Cs: capital, cuts and charm. Thiam will show his hand after taking the reins at Zurich-based Credit Suisse in July from British insurer Prudential. Investors expect him to refocus the bank’s business toward wealth management and asset management, while shrinking its investment bank
Oh, Zac Efron. How your washboard abs make us swoon. The hunky actor turns 28 today, so it’s only fitting we’ve compiled an entire gallery of his steamiest shirtless pics…
The Affair tells the story of, well, an affair, now from the four perspectives of the people involved. There’s Noah (Dominic West) and Alison (Ruth Wilson), the adulterers and their soon-to-be…
Increased infrastructure investment is key to stabilizing China’s economic growth, a top state advisor said on Sunday, while calling on the central bank to lower the cost of financing for companies and increase overall credit. “Keeping relatively high growth of infrastructure investment is key to stabilizing economic growth” since property and manufacturing investment remains weak, said Yu Bin, head of the micro economy research department at the State Council’s Development
Sometimes it’s unbelievable how much difference a day can make. Lamar Odom woke from a coma on Friday morning and he continued to show signs of improvement on Saturday, although the…
BERLIN/LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) made several versions of its “defeat device” software to rig diesel emissions tests, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, potentially suggesting a complex deception by the German carmaker. During seven years of self-confessed cheating, Volkswagen altered its illegal software for four engine types, said the sources, who include a VW manager with knowledge of the matter and a U.S. official close to
Quitting her job as receptionist, joining rock bands and chancing her tattoo-sleeved arm at small business ventures would once have branded college graduate Ding Jia as a rebel in China. “Entrepreneurship can be a really hard experience,” she said.
Count Kim Kardashian among those who feel that a miracle has taken place. Shortly after arriving in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon to visit Lamar Odom, her second time in Vegas since he…
Air France will cut less than a third of the 2,900 job cuts it proposed in a 2016/2017 plan that triggered clashes with some staff, the chief executive of parent company Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) said on Sunday. The job cuts in 2016 would be voluntary and heavier job losses in 2017 could be avoided if talks with unions led to an agreement on alternative savings measures by the beginning of
On SNL’s cold open, Taran Killam played Martin O’Malley, Kyle Mooney was Lincoln Chafee and Alec Baldwin thought it was “about damn time” that Jim Webb got to talk (oh yeah, Alec…
