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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating about two dozen cases of suspected cybersecurity flaws in medical devices and hospital equipment that officials fear could be exploited by hackers, a senior official at the agency told Reuters.

European rules to cap bankers' bonuses at twice fixed pay are "a retrograde step" that could add to difficulty in recruiting staff to the industry, the head of Europe's biggest bank HSBC said on Tuesday.

JPMorgan (JPM.N), UBS (UBSN.VX) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) were fined a total of 94 million euros ($120 million) by the European Commission for taking part in cartels in the financial sector.