Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower source who revealed more about Cambridge Analytica's harvesting of Facebook data to the news media, says he hopes Democratic lawmakers he met with Tuesday will investigate the company.
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Diesel is in trouble. We can primarily thank Volkswagen's global cheating scandal for this, but more and more automakers look like they were greasing emissions tests or just running up against regulations in some way or another.
Gary Gensler, the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said that government officials should take a closer look at the largest coins by market capitalization, not just at tokens sold in ICOs. Ethereum's Ether and Ripple's XRP could probably be classified as securities, Gensler said.
Audi is recalling about 1.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the electric coolant pumps can overheat and possibly cause a fire.
The recent whistleblowing case at Barclays is likely to cost the bank's boss Jes Staley up to £1m in fines and bonuses after he broke the rules by trying to unmask the person who made the claims.
Federal regulators are intensifying an investigation into whether a 2015 recall by Volkswagen covered enough vehicles and fixed a problem that could prevent the driver's airbag from deploying in a crash.
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared divided over a challenge to the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission's selection of in-house judges to enforce investor protection laws in a case involving a former radio host and investment adviser backed by the Trump administration.
A group of cancer doctors focused on bringing down the cost of treatments by testing whether lower — and cheaper — doses are effective thought they had found a prime candidate in a blood cancer drug called Imbruvica that typically costs $148,000 a year.
German prosecutors are investigating current and former employees of Volkswagen-owned sports car maker Porsche, including a management board member, as part of their inquiries into emissions manipulations, they said on Wednesday
The Supreme Court's order came in a whistleblower lawsuit accusing Gilead of making false statements about its compliance with federal regulations in connection with HIV drugs it makes.
The European commission will next week propose legislation that intends to protect whistleblowers. Recent scandals have exposed the limited help available for people seeking to expose corporate behaviour in the public interest.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $2.1 million to a former company insider whose information led to multiple successful enforcement actions. The whistleblower's information strongly supported the findings in the underlying actions and the whistleblower provided ongoing assistance to the staff during the investigation.
Victims of Bernard L. Madoff, the architect of one of Wall Street's largest frauds, will receive another $504 million, proceeds from assets that the government seized after Mr. Madoff's financial firm collapsed a decade ago.
A tip-off from a whistleblower is believed to have sparked a raid on 21st Century Fox by the European Commission and the Competition and Markets Authority.
Tesla Inc said it is withdrawing as a formal party to the National Transportation Safety Board's probe into a fatal March 23 crash in California in which the semi-autonomous "Autopilot" driving system was in use.
Uber Whistleblower Susan Fowler On What Every Company Should Do To Stop Harassment - Susan Fowler rocked the tech world with her 2,900-word essay last February about her experience of sexism and harassment at her former employer Uber.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is in advanced settlement talks with the U.S. Justice Department and California Air Resources Board over accusations that the company illegally used software that led to excess emissions in 104,000 U.S. diesel vehicles sold since 2014, a court-appointed adviser said at a hearing on Tuesday.
Volkswagen was set on Tuesday to oust Matthias Müller as chief executive as it grapples with a long-running diesel emissions scandal that has cost it billions of dollars, led to the imprisonment of two executives, and scarred the German carmaker's reputation.
The top U.S. watchdog for consumer finance is seeking a record fine against Wells Fargo & Co that could exceed several hundred million dollars for auto insurance and mortgage lending abuses, according to three sources with knowledge of the plans.
Some recalls are no big deal, but some can have big consequences for stocks. Here's how to tell the difference. Ford Motor Company said on Friday that it will recall about 347,000 2018 model-year pickups and SUVs to fix a transmission problem that could cause the vehicle to roll away when the transmission is in park.
