A Brazilian police officer investigating a kick-back scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras said the total amount of money involved could exceed $28 billion, making it the country's biggest-ever money laundering probe.
European Union antitrust regulators will publish details on Friday of their investigation into online retailer Amazon's tax-minimising arrangements with Luxembourg.
An activist investor group said it is withdrawing a shareholder resolution that called for Bank of America to have an independent board chair, easing some of the pressure the bank faced after giving its Chief Executive Brian Moynihan the additional title of chairman last year.
France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is ready to be used to support military operations against Islamic State in Iraq, French President Francois Hollande told military personnel aboard the vessel on Wednesday.
