04:55 AM EST, 12/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) will launch a search process to find a successor for Chairman Mark Tucker, who has held the role since 2017, Sky News reported Saturday. City sources told Sky News that MWM Consulting is among the search firms being coordinated to manage the process. The report said Tucker is...

NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Money flowed into athletics in 2024 and even bigger paychecks will soon be up for grabs, with the sport's governing body shelling out and start-up meets offering major prizes, an encouraging sign for athletes. World Athletics sent a message in April when President Sebastian Coe announced it would offer $50,000 to each of its...

04:38 AM EST, 12/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to add Google's ( GOOG ) response in the eighth paragraph.) Australia passed a law Thursday banning anyone under 16 years old from accessing social media and imposing civil penalties on platforms that allow young people to create accounts. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government said in a statement that new rules place...

(Reuters) -U.S. lender JPMorgan Chase agreed on Friday to drop its lawsuit against Tesla that accused the electric vehicle maker of flagrantly breaching a contract between the two companies in 2014 relating to warrants Tesla sold to the bank. The move to drop the lawsuit was announced in a one-page court filing by both companies in a Manhattan court, where...