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08, 2015
Uber Plans for Driverless Cars, Hires Hacking and Robotics Experts
Uber Technologies Inc. has hired two top vehicle security researchers, the company said on Friday, high-profile additions that come as the ride-hailing service ramps up its work on technology for self-driving cars. Charlie Miller, who had been working at Twitter …
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09, 2015
Mass. Worker Who Says She Was Fired for Legal Pot Use Files Suit
A Massachusetts woman who says she was fired from work for using marijuana legally obtained to treat Crohn’s Disease has sued her former employer. Cristina Barbuto said in court papers that she told the Irvine, California-based Advantage Sales and Marketing …
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08, 2015
Tropical Storm Erika Fades Before Florida After 20 Deaths in Caribbean Island
Tropical Storm Erika, which killed at least 20 people on the small Caribbean island of Dominica, broke up in the waters off Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. All tropical storm warnings and watches have been dropped …
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09, 2015
California Employment Department Rules Former Uber Driver Was Employee
Uber has lost another legal round in the dispute over whether its drivers are independent contractors or employees, an issue that threatens the core of the ride-hailing company’s business model. The California Employment Development Department (EDD) determined that a former …
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08, 2015
Slape, Brady Named Deputy Commissioners at Texas DOI
Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax announced two key executive positions on his staff today. Doug Slape will become deputy commissioner for financial regulation, and Kevin Brady was named deputy commissioner for agency affairs. Slape replaces Danny Saenz, who is retiring …
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09, 2015
Pending Mergers Will Harm Health Insurance Competition: AMA
The nation’s doctors say the proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health insurance companies would violate federal antitrust guidelines and seriously erode health insurance competition. According to new special analyses of commercial health insurance markets issued today by …
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09, 2015
National Federation of the Blind Sued for Alleged Religious Discrimination
The National Federation of the Blind, the largest organization of blind and low-vision people in the U.S., violated federal law when it refused to allow an employee to observe his Sabbath and instead terminated him because of his religion, the …
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09, 2015
Global Reinsurers’ Capital Remains Stable on Underlying Basis: Aon Benfield Report
The latest edition of the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report estimates that “global reinsurer capital totaled $565 billion at June 30, 2015. The headline reduction of 2 percent relative to the end of 2014 was driven by strengthening of the …
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08, 2015
Joint Employer Ruling Hikes Parent Companies’ Liability, Unions’ Bargaining Power
A major ruling handed down on Thursday by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board could give unions greater bargaining power by enabling them to negotiate directly with large parent companies like McDonald’s that rely heavily on franchisees and contractors. The …
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09, 2015
Justice Department to Target Executives in White Collar Crime Push
The U.S. Justice Department has issued new guidelines that emphasize prosecuting individual executives in white-collar crime cases, and not just their corporations. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, author of a memo outlining the rules for federal prosecutors, was to announce …
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