• The Telegraph

    Watch: Driver jailed for ramming motorcyclist off bridge

    A BMW driver who violently rammed a motorcyclist off a bridge in a fit of road rage, leaving him with serious injuries, has been jailed for more than four years.

  • Reuters

    Euro zone bond yields hold steady as BOJ ends negative rates

    Euro zone bond yields were little changed on Tuesday, with the focus of global markets on the Bank of Japan, which ended eight years of negative interest rates. ** Germany's 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone, was last up less than 1 basis point (bp) at 2.462%. ** Germany's 2-year bond yield was also up less than 1 bp at 2.923%.

  • Reuters

    Thyssenkrupp evaluates Carlyle's bid for marine unit

    "With the active involvement of Carlyle, we are now taking the necessary next step and starting the phase of an open-ended assessment of the relevant business activities," Thyssenkrupp's Executive Board member Volkmar Dinstuhl said in a statement. The sale to Carlyle is one of the several options that the firm is currently considering, he added. At the same time, talks are being held with the German government on the state's participation in Thyssenkrupp's marine business, the industrial conglomerate said.