Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that it is to install 300 free-to-use cash machines in some of the UK’s poorest locations.
The bank said it wanted to make cash easily available to poorer consumers.
Citizens Advice recently warned that many poorer parts of the UK were becoming cash machine “deserts” as banks closed branches
South Korea’s largest firm, Samsung, is to donate more than $825m (£473m) to charity after scandals hit the company.
The company chairman, Lee Kun-Hee, who recently returned to South Korea after a five-month overseas trip, apologised for “wrongful” previous practices.
He left the country in September after allegations of illegal donations to politicians, of which he was cleared
The chief executive of General Motors (GM) is to take a 50% pay cut to help the struggling carmaker save money.
Rick Wagoner and other executives have agreed to reduce their pay and forgo bonuses as part of radical measures aimed at improving GM’s finances.
GM is also halving its annual investor dividend – the first cut in 13 years – which will save it $565m (£323m)
HSBC is the first big bank to commit to going carbon neutral as it seeks to reduce its environmental impact.
Starting in 2005, it will plant trees, reduce energy use, buy green electricity and trade carbon credits to cut carbon dioxode flows.
HSBC chief executive Stephen Green said: “In 2003, HSBC’s CO2 emissions
A disabled dolphin in Japan is able to swim normally and jump again thanks to an artificial tail fin made by a tyre company.
Fuji, 34, had three-quarters of her tail amputated in 2002 after suffering from a mystery disease.
A veterinarian working with Fuji asked a friend at Bridgestone Corp for help