Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. plans to reward staff with special bonuses for a second straight year after seeing profits soar on tax cuts and a focus on expenses that’s elimin-ated thousands of jobs in recent months. The lender will give $1,000 cash bonuses in December to eligible employees making less than $100,000 annually, Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said ...

Bloomberg A growing rift between India’s central bank and the government has been many months in the making. In the latest move, the Reserve Bank of India made its disagreement with authorities public in a hard-hitting speech by Deputy Governor Viral Acharya — which he said had the backing of Governor Urjit Patel — defending the central bank’s independence. Failure ...

Bloomberg Incoming Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the leftist who calmed investors with his initially market-friendly approach, ditched a $13 billion airport project backed by some of the nation’s wealthiest businessmen, sparking a rout in stocks, bonds and the currency. Lopez Obrador scrapped the project after almost 70 percent of 1.07 million people who participated in a national referendum ...