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10 09, 2026

Viewpoint: Clients Prefer AI to Human Advisers When Details Are Embarrassing

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When and why do clients prefer to use artificial intelligence rather than a human adviser? It’s a question attracting much attention as AI advisers flood the marketplace. A recent study from the MIT Sloan School of Management introduces a new …

10 09, 2026

Nike Faces Investor Challenge Over Gender-Transition Surgery for Minors

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A group of conservative investors is pressing companies to stop covering gender-transition surgery for minors in employee health plans, and Nike Inc. is their latest target. Inspire Investing, which oversees $5.4 billion, is leading an investor campaign that includes the …

10 09, 2026

How 9/11 Changed the Way America Surveils its Citizens

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Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001. The terrorist attacks …

10 09, 2026

Amazon Seen as Shielded from Liability for Miami Cargo Plane Crash

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When the cargo plane came to rest 1,300 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport, its nose sat flush with the ground, the tail — and the billboard-sized Amazon.com Inc. smile painted on it — jutting …

10 09, 2026

Oregon Proposes 2.1% Increase in Pure Premium Workers’ Comp Rates for 2027

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Oregon employers will pay 92 cents per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation coverage on average in 2027, a rate that would be the second lowest on record. A proposal from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services calls …

10 09, 2026

New York Proposes Rule to Require Prior Approval of Auto Insurance Rate Hikes

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New York officials are moving to require auto insurers to receive prior approval before implementing any increases in private passenger insurance rates. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed a regulation amending the process for insurers …

9 09, 2026

Trump Administration Stalled a Survey of PFAS in Wastewater, Former EPA Officials Say

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The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful forever chemicals with their wastewater, according to two former agency officials who were involved in its development. A public notice shows the first of …

9 09, 2026

Shipping Nations Warn Global Trade Is Fracturing — And Everyone Pays

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The armed conflicts, trade wars, and extreme weather events hammering maritime supply chains are not one-offs, but rather signs of a “structural shift” for global trade, 18 of the most important shipping nations warned on Tuesday. “Shipping routes are increasingly …

9 09, 2026

German Police Detain Suspect After Sabotage Attacks on Power Grid

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German police have detained a 48-year-old man suspected of carrying out a series of sabotage attacks on the country’s electricity grid, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. The suspect, identified as Daniel V. in line with German privacy rules, was …

9 09, 2026

Boards Prepare for Digital Infrastructure Shocks, Survey Says

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Large companies and public bodies are increasingly scrutinizing their dependence on critical digital infrastructure as geopolitical tensions, export controls and cyber threats expose vulnerabilities that were once largely taken for granted, a Capgemini survey published on Tuesday showed. Responses from …