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21 12, 2021

Ohio Car Dealership to Pay $390K over Age Discrimination Suit

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Davis Automotive Group, Inc., doing business as BMW Cleveland, an automobile dealership located in Solon, Ohio, will pay $390,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal …

21 12, 2021

Indiana Bank Settles Housing Loan Discrimination Suit

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An Indiana-based bank has agreed to direct more housing loans to majority-Black neighborhoods in settling a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a fair housing organization. Evansville-based Old National Bank faced allegations in the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana’s October …

21 12, 2021

Fire Truck Tire Explosion Kills Louisiana Firefighter

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A northwest Louisiana firefighter died Saturday after a tire he was maintaining on a fire truck exploded. The South Bossier Parish Fire District No. 2 said 28-year-old Jessie Henry died at one the district’s stations around 9 a.m. on Dec. …

21 12, 2021

Officials: Astroworld Victims Died from Compression Asphyxia

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The 10 people who lost their lives in a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston died from compression asphyxia, officials announced. Medical examiners with the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston had to wait …

16 12, 2021

Fairfax Completes Sale of Stake in Subsidiary Odyssey Group for US$900M

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced the completion of the previously announced sale of a minority stake in Fairfax’s subsidiary, Odyssey Group Holdings for an aggregate cash price of US$900 million. An affiliate of CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary …

16 12, 2021

Zurich Insurance to Acquire Conversational AI Company AlphaChat

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Zurich Insurance Group agreed to acquire Estonia-based company AlphaChat, which provides conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology for customer service automation, to further enhance the group’s digital capabilities. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. AlphaChat is one of the …

16 12, 2021

McDonald’s Settles With Ex-CEO Easterbrook Over Claim He Lied About Sexual Affairs

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McDonald’s Corp. said on Thursday it had reached a settlement with former chief Steve Easterbrook, resolving a lawsuit in which the burger chain had claimed that he covered up and lied about his sexual relationships with employees. As part of …

16 12, 2021

New Research Warns Rare Winter Tornadoes May Get More Intense

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Nasty winter tornadoes — like the deadly ones last week that hit five states — are likely to be stronger and stay on the ground longer with a wider swath of destruction in a warming world, a new study shows. …

16 12, 2021

‘Cat-Focused’ Kin Insurance Acquires Shell for Expansion; Expects SPAC Closing in Q1

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Kin Insurance, a digital direct-to-consumer home insurer that targets catastrophe-prone areas, said it has has acquired an inactive insurance carrier holding licenses in 43 states. Kin, which has operated in Florida, California, Georgia and Louisiana, first announced the planned purchase …

16 12, 2021

Millions of Migrants Can’t Get COVID Vaccines Because of Drugmakers’ Liability Fears

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BRUSSELS/BANGKOK – Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global program because some major manufacturers are worried about legal risks from harmful side effects, according to officials and internal documents from Gavi, the charity operating …