19 12, 2025

Kerr County Officials in Race to Build $5M Flood Warning System Before Next Texas Flood Season

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With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the state to contribute …

19 12, 2025

India’s Big-Bang Financial Reforms Target Foreign Money

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India’s long-awaited package of financial services reforms is setting the stage for a surge of foreign capital into the world’s fastest-growing major economy. In the latest step, lawmakers passed a bill this week allowing up to 100% foreign ownership of …

19 12, 2025

High Winds Battered Water-Logged Northwest, Cutting Power to Half-A-Million

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High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho this week, killing one adult and critically injuring two children, knocking out power to thousands and compounding the damage already wrought by heavy rains and flooding. …

19 12, 2025

AI Threatens to Displace Workers, Bank of England’s Bailey Warns

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Artificial intelligence is likely to displace British workers even as it makes the country more productive, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said in his most stark warning yet on the technology’s impact. Bailey said on Friday that the UK …

19 12, 2025

Wells Fargo Sued by Ex-Manager Who Said Bank Faked Diversity

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Wells Fargo & Co. was sued by a former manager who says he was fired for pushing the bank to create a more diverse workforce and objecting to its practice of interviewing minority applicants for jobs that were already filled.

19 12, 2025

Odometer Fraud Sees 14% Jump in the Past Year

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An estimated 2.45 million cars on the road likely have their odometers rolled back, 14 percent more than last year, according to vehicle history provider CARFAX. There was just a 4 percent increase between 2023 and 2024. “Odometer rollbacks occur …

19 12, 2025

Tesla Door Safety Issues Have Owners Buying Car Escape Tools

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Tesla owners are going to extreme lengths to deal with a problem most had never imagined: being unable to open malfunctioning doors.

19 12, 2025

The Power of the First Offer: Anchoring, Evidence and the Battle for Perception

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If negotiation is the job, as Ronald Morrison wrote in the first article of this series, then the first offer is often the moment that defines success. Behavioral economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky first described the anchoring effect in …

19 12, 2025

Auto Insurers Must Soon Submit Info to New Kentucky Insurance Verification System

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Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet and Department of Insurance have launched a new vehicle insurance verification system, and auto insurers have until Jan. 15 to start getting on board. The new Kentucky Insurance Verification System, authorized by state lawmakers earlier this year, …

19 12, 2025

Davis & Towle Adds Keene Agency to Its New Hampshire Group

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Davis & Towle Insurance Group, a large New Hampshire independent insurance agency, now has 13 agency locations in its group across the state with the addition of The Insurance Source. The Insurance Source in Keene has served the Greater Monadnock …