rio tinto has agreed to pay a $15 million fine to settle an investigation by the us securities and exchange commission, after it was accused of bribing a consultant in guinea. the firm said the investigation involved a number of payments made to a former consultant over a decade ago. rio tinto said it would pay the charges without admitting to or denying the sec s findings. three us airlines have agreed to no longer charge fees for family seating, if adjacent seats are available during the booking. the biden administration has been putting pressure on the avaition industry to drop the charge. american airlines, alaska airlines and frontier airlines say they drop the fee immediately. here in the uk, costa coffee is to give its staff their third pay rise in a year, as rivals make similar moves despite a labour shortage. the pay increase will be between six to 7% from the first of april, depending on experience and location. the increase will apply to about 16,000 costa workers. let s tal