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Exclusive: Aston Martin electric car goes limited edition after LeEco exit

PARIS/DETROIT (Reuters) – British sports car maker Aston Martin has scaled back production plans for its first electric model after cash-strapped investment partner LeEco pulled out of the project, Chief Executive Andy Palmer told Reuters on Monday. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

Amtrak names former Delta executive as next CEO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amtrak on Monday named a former Delta Air Lines chief executive as its next president and CEO as the U.S. passenger rail carrier makes major repairs at its busiest U.S. hub. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli heads into fraud trial

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur vilified as the “pharma bro” for raising the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000 percent, will go on trial on Monday for what U.S. prosecutors called a Ponzi-like scheme at his former hedge fund and a drug company he once ran. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

Oil edges higher; growing U.S. supply limits gains

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices crept higher on Monday in quiet trade that featured bargain hunting after prices slid last week and hit seven-month lows, but gains were limited by rising crude supply in the United States and other countries. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

Japanese airbag maker Takata files for bankruptcy, gets Chinese backing

Japan’s Takata Corp , at the center of the auto industry’s biggest-ever product recall, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan, and said it had agreed to be largely acquired for $1.6 billion by the Chinese-owned U.S.-based Key Safety Systems. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

RBS to cut 443 jobs in UK, move many of them to India

(Reuters) – British lender Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to cut 443 jobs dealing with business loans and many of them will move to India, the bank said. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

Italy winds up Veneto banks, deal could cost up to 17 billion euros

MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Italy began winding up two stricken Veneto-based banks on Sunday in a deal that will see their good assets transferred to Intesa Sanpaolo and could cost the state up to 17 billion euros ($19 billion). Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

Push on with the 'great unwinding', BIS tells central banks

LONDON (Reuters) – Major central banks should press ahead with interest rate increases, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday, while recognizing that some turbulence in financial markets will have to be negotiated along the way. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

Internal dossier criticises Audi top management: Bild

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German luxury carmaker Audi’s management board, including Chief Executive Rupert Stadler, has been sharply criticised by company managers, Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday, citing an internal dossier. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

Italian government decree for Veneto banks delayed to Sunday: source

MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian government decree that will start liquidation proceedings for two ailing Veneto-based lenders, Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca, is set to be delayed to Sunday, a government source said. Source: Reuters Business News  Read More →

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