Reuters

A computer breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) earlier this year could have been avoided if the bank had installed a simple security fix to an overlooked server in its network, the New York Times reported.

Prosecutors said he driver suffered from mental illness and had received psychiatric care over 150 times in 13 years.

The French firm Alstom SA (ALSO.PA) has pleaded guilty and will pay $772 million in criminal penalties to settle charges with the U.S. Justice Department alleging the company bribed government officials to win business around the world.

The dates were discussed in a phone conversation among France's Hollande, Germany's Merkel and Russia's Putin.

Two witnesses on a tour bus said the driver of the truck had been slumped over the steering wheel as it plowed down the street.

The order comes four months after Boeing Co won an order for 80 737 planes from Singapore-based BOC Aviation.

UK's Financial Reporting Council has launched an inquiry into PwC over its auditing of Tesco's 2012, 2013 and 2014 accounts.

Uber faces an array of challenges and bans in several cities around the world, and yet continues to attract funding.

Analysts predict prices will remain over $60 barrel for the rest of the year, but also say further large jumps are unlikely.

Britain is considering reducing the tax bill for oil explorers in the North Sea including a proposal from the industry to halve rates.

Regulatory hurdles have kept out a large swathe of the investment community despite a sizzling stock market rally on the mainland.

British companies plan to cautiously relax their grip on pay in 2015.

China's trade minister proposed more use of China's currency in settling trade with Russia in the face of a weaker ruble.

Quneitra has seen heavy fighting between forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and rebels including al Qaeda-linked fighters.

France is on high alert for attacks from Islamist extremists.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi blamed falling oil prices on speculators and lack of cooperation from non-OPEC members

"I dedicate my victory to the martyrs of Tunisia," Essebsi said in claiming victory.

New Year’s Day, Lithuania will become the last of the Baltic states to join the euro currency bloc.

Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi says other countries are welcome to cut their oil output, but that his country will not be doing it.

An Egyptian official says there has been no decision made about allowing the permanent opening of the border crossing.

As Ford and GM plants close, workers are unsure about what comes next.

Beijing is putting the squeeze on gambling-industry workers in Macau.

"I can't say it will never happen, but the probability that Pfizer returns is much less," the AstraZeneca CEO tells a Swedish newspaper.

The Taliban accused the UN of "enmity and political motives," after it reported a record number of civilians were killed or wounded by insurgents.

The investigation comes as worries mount about nuclear safety and potential cyberattacks from North Korea.

Police said the 37-year-old woman was charged in a bedside hearing at a Cairns hospital, where she is recovering from stab wounds.

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi was the only person found guilty over the Dec. 21, 1988, attack on Pan Am Flight 103.

Police confirmed the attacker had shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, which he said was "extremely violent."

The quake shook Fukushima where crippled nuclear power plants are located, but local media say there was no tsunami warning.