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Report: TD to Face US Growth Limits, $3B Penalty for Money-Laundering Failures

Toronto-Dominion Bank will pay about $3 billion in penalties and face restrictions on its U.S. growth in a settlement with regulators over its failure to catch money laundering, the Wall Street Journal reported. Regulators are likely to announce a settlement …

SAP, Carahsoft Probe Widens to Work With Nearly 100 Agencies

U.S. prosecutors are broadening a probe of potential price-fixing by German software maker SAP SE and tech reseller Carahsoft Technology Corp., seeking to examine the companies’ work with almost 100 government agencies, according to new court records that show the …

Tesla Defeats Investor Lawsuit Over Musk’s Autopilot Marketing

Tesla Inc. won dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit alleging misleading statements about self-driving capabilities propped up its stock price, though the company still faces numerous other complaints and regulatory investigations of its marketing. Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk declared …

Miami Investment Firm 777 Says Ex-IT Head Stole Data for Lender’s Fraud Suit

Miami investment firm 777 Partners, which is facing several lawsuits by creditors, hit back with its own suit accusing one key lender of hiring 777’s former information technology head to steal data for its litigation. According to a complaint filed …

U.K. Trader Loses Lawsuit Against Deutsche Bank Over Bonus Dispute

A former Deutsche Bank trader on lost her London lawsuit against the bank for just over 2.6 million pounds ($3.4 million) after she was not paid an individual bonus nearly a decade ago. Shikha Gupta worked until 2017 for Deutsche …

Former Volkswagen Boss Goes on Trial Over Diesel Cars Rigged to Cheat Emissions Tests

Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn went on trial last week on charges of fraud and market manipulation in connection with the corporate scandal over Volkswagen’s use of rigged software that let millions of cars cheat on emissions tests and …

Judge Denies Sanction Bid by Truth Social Co-Founders Over Share Value

The co-founders of Donald Trump’s social-media startup lost a bid to have a Delaware judge impose financial sanctions on the former president and his lawyers for alleged misconduct in a suit over the value of their shares. Andy Litinsky and …

Crypto Firm Abra Settles with SEC Over Unregistered Securities

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has settled with crypto lending platform Abra after charging the startup with selling unregistered securities to consumers and operating as an unregistered investment company. Plutus Lending LLC, doing business as Abra, agreed to settle …

Former Citigroup Executive Suing Bank Was Fired for Performance, Company Says

Citigroup alleges that a former managing director suing the bank was fired for performance reasons, rather than for what she said were attempts by the bank to give regulators false information. On Thursday, the bank responded to a lawsuit filed …

Intel Shareholders Sue Chipmaker After Job, Dividend Cuts Cause Stock Plunge

Intel was sued on Wednesday by shareholders who said the Silicon Valley chipmaker fraudulently concealed problems that led it to post weak results, slash jobs and suspend its dividend, and caused its market value to sink more than $32 billion …