Bloomberg California’s environmental regulator broke with the Trump administration by maintaining its cleaner- car standards through 2025 and launching a formal effort to write even tougher rules for the following five years. The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously to maintain the state’s 2025 limits on tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions and begin drafting stricter goals for zero-emission vehicle sales ...

  Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. is suspending its self-driving car program after one of its autonomous vehicles was involved in a high-impact crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest incident for a company reeling from multiple crises. In a photo posted on Twitter, one of Uber’s Volvo self-driving SUVs is pictured on its side next to another car with dents and ...

  Bloomberg Barrick Gold Corp. awarded Executive Chairman John Thornton $8.5 million in total compensation last year, more than double what he received in 2015 when he gave up his bonus in the wake of investor criticism of pay packages at the world’s largest gold producer. Thornton received a salary of $2.5 million, long-term incentives of $5.32 million, $307,198 in ...