• Mizuho 'did not' hide gangster loans

  Mizuho Financial Group's management did not intentionally cover up loans to organized crime, a report by an external panel claims.

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• Procter & Gamble's Unsustainable Dividend Growth: Something Has To Give

  By Josh Arnold: By any measure, Procter and Gamble ( PG ) has an extraordinary record of paying dividends to its shareholders. In fact, PG has paid a dividend in each of the past 124 years, a streak that is simply astounding. Given PG's ample yield, many investors hold the stock because of the…

• Analysis: Bank of America verdict spotlights U.S. focus on civil cases

  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice appeared to have struck gold last week with the law it wielded against one of the nation's largest banks over conduct that fueled the financial crisis.

• Toyota still No.1 carmaker in Jan-Sept, likely outselling GM, VW

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is likely to have retained its position as the world's best-selling carmaker for the first nine months of the year, beating rivals General Motors Co and Volkswagen AG , company figures showed on Monday.

• Probe clears Mizuho of gangster cover-up

  Third-party panel says senior managers were unaware of loans to gangsters and blames problems on poor communication within the Japanese bank

• Hollande is urged to step up reform

  The central bank chief has called for a cut in public spending in a message to the Socialist administration that is both encouraging and demanding

• Insight: Delays, clashes hinder attempts to salvage Batista's OGX

  SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attempts to save Eike Batista's flagship oil company, the business most responsible for the meltdown of his once high-flying industrial empire, have been hampered by internal conflict and unpredictable decisions by the Brazilian tycoon, sources with…

• Fernández suffers Argentine poll setback

  President Cristina Fernández's hopes of re-election in 2015 are all but dead after her ruling party lost substantial ground in crucial midterm elections