Merrill Lynch

Uber Technologies Inc has hired a chief financial officer, the ride-services company said on Tuesday, filling a long-standing vacancy and clearing the way for a much-anticipated initial public offering next year. Uber said it had hired…

PwC LLP has been censured and slapped with a $1m fine by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, after the auditor failed to ensure that Merrill Lynch had complied with a regulation requiring broker-dealers to protect…