03:43 PM EST, 12/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Globe Life ( GL ) on Wednesday issued a statement denying claims by short-seller Viceroy Research raised in a report regarding the operations of Globe's American Income Life unit. Viceroy said that several AIL agencies, which account for more than 40% of AIL sales, appear to have ceased operations, or commenced closures, since...

03:40 PM EST, 12/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Canada's anti-money-laundering watchdog has signed a memorandum of understanding that allows it to share information with three U.S. regulators regarding Canadian banks with cross-border operations, The Globe and Mail newspaper is reporting Wednesday. The MOU creates a framework for information sharing relating to the banks' supervisory, or compliance, activities between the Financial Transactions...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Shares in Mexican retailer Grupo Elektra sank by nearly 11% in afternoon trading on Wednesday, more than wiping out the ground recovered the day before. Shares in the company controlled by billionaire Ricardo Salinas had closed up about 6.5% on Tuesday, clawing back some of the losses logged on Monday when shares tanked 70%. ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - A large number of Americans' metadata has been stolen in the cyberespionage campaign carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon, a senior U.S. official told journalists on Wednesday. In a call with reporters, the official declined to provide specific numbers but said that China's access to America's telecommunications networks was potentially broad and...