A London judge released former Deutsche Bank employee Christian Bittar on 1 million pound ($1.46 million) bail after the ex-trader and five others were formally charged in court with manipulating a key interest-rate benchmark. By Suzi Ring.

Diane Bucci and her fellow retired Rhode Island schoolteachers were angry about a deal last year to cut their promised retirement benefits. For 28 years, the elementary school teacher devoted between 7 and 9 percent of her paycheck to the state’s pension... By David Sirota.