Network Rail profits halve as accounting changes bite

Network Rail annual pre-tax profit has halved to £506m ($782m; €692m), compared with £1.04bn a year earlier.

Two GM lawyers, quality control executive among those pushed out over switch

(Reuters) - Two product litigation attorneys and a quality control executive are among the 15 employees who have been forced out by General Motors Co (GM.N) over the company's poor handling of a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths, according to two people familiar with the decisions.

GM's recall total nears 13 million worldwide

General Motors has recalled another 3 million autos, bringing the troubled automaker's total for the year to 12.8 million worldwide.