Bloomberg A talent war between Jefferies Group LLC and Credit Suisse Group AG is threatening to escalate. Five Credit Suisse bankers who reneged on agreements to join Jefferies this month may face demands that they pay more than $10 million to their scorned suitor, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The bankers signed contracts with Jefferies …

  Bloomberg German officials and lawmakers are concerned the state rescue of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA is stretching the credibility of the European Union’s new regime for too-big-to-fail banks. Wolfgang Schaeuble’s Finance Ministry remains skeptical about Italy’s plan to protect individual investors and would prefer them to seek individual compensation through the courts rather than en masse …

  Washington / DPA Scientists of all stripes have appeared as characters in movies and TV shows: from the meglomaniacal Dr Frankenstein, to archaeologist adventurer Indiana Jones, the “Back to the Future” time-machine inventor Doc Brown and the palaeontologists in dinosaur-filled “Jurassic Park.” But rarely has scientific accuracy in an entertainment medium been so carefully researched as in the popular …