Finance News

John Williams' cross-country path from the San Francisco to the New York Fed could be a bumpy one.A committee that has been looking to replace William Dudley at the central bank's critical New York branch apparently has centered in on Williams as a successor, sources have told CNBC.

Gaming firms are "quite new" to the stock market and are still learning "how the game needs to be played," the chief executive of Rovio Entertainment said.

A group of mostly rich, industrialized countries says Switzerland should do more to prosecute companies and apply tougher penalties for bribery.