After 13 years of persistently fighting for justice against Royal Dutch Shell for the company’s activities in their land, the Ogonis of the Niger Delta in Nigeria have seen some victory.

Ghana is one of the developing countries selected to benefit from a $44m fund which has been described as the world’s first investment fund focused on microinsurance. According to a press release from LeapFrog Financial Inclusion Fund, the...

Akio Toyoda takes charge at Toyota Motor Corp this week with the company facing its biggest ever loss, but few expect his appointment to bring about the changes needed to drive the world’s No.1 automaker back into the black.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may lose its investment in a proprietary trading code and millions of dollars from increased competition if software allegedly stolen by a former employee gets into the wrong hands, a prosecutor said.

UBS AG, the largest Swiss bank by assets, is in talks with the U.S. government to settle a lawsuit seeking the names of 52,000 American account holders suspected of using Swiss secrecy laws to evade taxes.