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9 12, 2022

Sunshine Insurance Declines in Hong Kong Trading Debut

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China’s Sunshine Insurance Group Co. declined in its trading debut after Hong Kong’s fourth-largest deal this year, potentially the last big listing in the Asian hub before the end of 2022. Shares of the Beijing-based firm dropped as much as …

9 12, 2022

Zurich Insurance Emerges as Front-Runner to Buy MetLife’s Malaysia Business

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Zurich Insurance Group AG has emerged as the front-runner to buy a majority stake in the Malaysian insurance business of US insurer MetLife Inc. and Kuala Lumpur-listed AMMB Holdings Bhd., according to people with knowledge of the matter. A deal …

9 12, 2022

Sanctions, Insurance Standoff Escalates, With More Oil Tankers Stuck in Turkish Strait

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A standoff over sanctions and insurance that has caused a jam of oil tankers at the key Bosphorus shipping strait escalated on Thursday, leaving millions of barrels of crude stuck. Late last month, Turkey insisted on proof that oil-carrying ships …

9 12, 2022

G7 Price Cap on Russia Oil Not to Blame for Tanker Queues: EU Says

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The Group of Seven countries’ price cap on Russian oil is not responsible for a queue of tankers waiting in the Black Sea to pass through Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Mediterranean, the European Commission said. The …

9 12, 2022

Meta Battles U.S. FTC Over Future of Virtual Reality

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The Biden administration on Thursday accused Meta Platforms Inc. of trying to buy its way to dominance in the metaverse, kicking off a high-profile trial to try to prevent the Facebook parent from buying virtual reality app developer Within Inc. …

9 12, 2022

Biden Signs #MeToo Law Curbing Confidentiality Agreements

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation curbing the use of confidentiality agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from speaking publicly about misconduct in the workplace. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden had acted on the bipartisan …

9 12, 2022

Suspended Florida Claim Center Lawyer Agrees to Interim Probation

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A Florida lawyer whose law license was suspended after setting up a “mobile claim center” near Fort Myers is able to resume the practice of law under the terms of an agreement she reached with the Florida Bar. Jennifer Perez, …

9 12, 2022

California Middle Schoolers OD from Taking Pot-Laced Products on Campus

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Four students at a Southern California school apparently overdosed after eating marijuana-laced products and three of them were taken to the hospital, authorities said. Firefighters were sent to Sunnymead Middle School in Moreno Valley at about noon on Wednesday, Riverside …

9 12, 2022

Worker Dies After Crane Overturns at Illinois Refinery

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A contractor died after a crane overturned at a refinery in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, a coroner said. Chad L. Crabtree, 47, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident Tuesday afternoon at the …

9 12, 2022

Jury Awards $2.6M to Fired Illinois Workers

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A jury has awarded more than $2.6 million to three former Lake County employees who claimed the county circuit court clerk fired them because they supported her opponent in the 2016 election. One of Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Erin …