Fearing lawsuits, U.S. banks set sky-high limits for director pay

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Over the past two years, a growing number of U.S. banks has capped their directors' earnings, but the ceilings are so high that they primarily serve to fend off potential...

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Actor Tom Sizemore charged with domestic abuse

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Tom Sizemore, who co-starred in the films "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down" before he was convicted in 2003 of assaulting ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss, has been charged with domestic abuse stemming from an arrest in July.

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State Grid to conclude Brazil's CPFL deal Friday: source

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - State Grid Corp of China [STGRD.UL] plans to sign final terms of the purchase of a 23.6 percent stake in Brazilian power holding company CPFL Energia SA from conglomerate...

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Wells Fargo, Amazon end deal to offer discounted student loans

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co and Amazon.com Inc said they had ended a partnership to offer discounted student loans to the online retailer's "Prime Student" customers, about six weeks after...

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Low-hanging fruit from tweet sentiment investing plucked: James Saft

(Reuters) - It was fun while it lasted: the easy money from Twitter sentiment trading appears to have been already gathered.

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Hedge fund Barington hires Moss from Optima to head marketing

BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Barington Capital has hired a new executive to spearhead marketing and investor relations at a time when the fund is putting up strong numbers but as investors'...

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Cooperman on CNBC says U.S. equities 'fairly but fully valued'

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund investor Leon Cooperman, the chief executive and chairman of Omega Advisors, said on Wednesday on CNBC that equity markets are "fairly but fully valued."

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Investors pull most from U.S. stock funds invested abroad since May: ICI

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors took back the most money since May from U.S.-based funds that buy international stocks, further hemming in their exposure to Europe and Japan, Investment Company...

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Naked Donald Trump statue up for auction, could fetch $20,000

(Reuters) - A life-sized nude statue of U.S. Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is going up for auction, with profits from the sale going to an immigrant support group.

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French Coca-Cola workers find huge cocaine stash in juice delivery

PARIS (Reuters) - Coca-Cola workers found a huge stash of cocaine when they opened a delivery of fruit juice concentrate from Costa Rica at their factory in southern France.

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Your Money: Act now to nab a free spring-break trip

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With massive travel reward point bonuses on the table this fall, consumers who sign up for a new credit card could be flying free for spring break.

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Joe Sutter, father of the 747, passes away at 95

(Reuters) - Joe Sutter, known for leading Boeing Co's engineering team for the iconic 747 jumbo jet in the mid-1960s, died on Tuesday at the age of 95.

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Brazil's Gisele holds top spot in Forbes model list; Jenner jumps

(Reuters) - Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen remained the highest-paid female model in the world with annual income of $30.5 million, while Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner more than doubled her earnings, according to Forbes' 2016 list on Tuesday.

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Singer Chris Brown, police in standoff after woman claims gun incident: TMZ.com

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police helicopters flew over the southern California home of Chris Brown on Tuesday after authorities received a pre-dawn 911 call that celebrity website TMZ.com said came from a woman who claimed Brown had earlier pulled a gun on her at the house. The singer denied any wrongdoing.

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Curious radio signal stirs talk of extraterrestrials

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A curious radio signal picked up by a Russian telescope is probably not a transmission from an extraterrestrial civilization, but astronomers in California are taking a second look anyway, the SETI Institute said on Tuesday.

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Competitors slip and slide for gravy wrestling championships

(Reuters) - Men and women wrestlers wearing fancy dress tackled a slippery surface for a somewhat unusual contest on Monday - the "World Gravy Wrestling Championships".

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Your Money: 'Super Grandparents' need to rescue themselves first

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sharon Kotzen is a 73-year-old retiree, but she is hardly taking it easy.

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Oklahoma mother charged with using crucifix to kill 'possessed' daughter

(Reuters) - A 49-year-old Oklahoma woman has been charged with first-degree murder on suspicion of killing her daughter whom she thought was possessed by the devil by jamming a crucifix down her throat and beating her, court records released on Tuesday showed.

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Ryan Lochte to dance with stars, says Rio scandal overblown

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disgraced Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is joining the "Dancing With the Stars" cast, ABC television announced on Tuesday, as the gold medalist said he thought reaction to his tale about being held up at a Rio de Janeiro gas station had been blown out of proportion.

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Kiss it goodbye, the great buyback boom is on the wane: James Saft

(Reuters) - The great stock buyback boom may be on the wane, undermined by falling company earnings.

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Chinese private investment funds to conduct 'self-inspection'

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese private investment funds will conduct a "self-inspection" of their business practices in compliance with a directive from the State Council, China's cabinet, according to...

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Peru's president says local people do not get his 'English humor'

LIMA (Reuters) - After upsetting lawmakers and a senior church leader with comments that have triggered chuckles and raised eyebrows, Peru's new president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has observed that Peruvians do not get his "English humor".

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Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles,' dead at 83

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gene Wilder, whose kinky curls and startled blue eyes brought an enduring and frantic air to roles in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Blazing Saddles," died on Monday at the age of 83, his family said.

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Advent hires banks to sell control of Brazil port: sources

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Buyout firm Advent International Corp has hired Morgan Stanley & Co and Grupo BTG Pactual SA to advise on the sale of a controlling stake in TCP Terminal de Contêineres de...

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Taylor Swift poses with fans at jury duty a day after VMA snub

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift was the most high-profile absence at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) but on Monday but the singer happily took photos with fans after reporting for jury duty in Nashville.

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BlackRock withheld support from two key Exxon directors: filings

BOSTON (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc withheld support from two high-profile directors at Exxon Mobil Corp, securities filings show, a rare spat apparently driven by a board communications policy at the...

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