New Jersey Democrats say they are going to take a shot at passing new gun legislation similar to New York’s even thought that state’s law is facing a court challenge. Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and Senate President Nick Scutari, …
Germany’s Bayer BAYGn.DE said on Friday it plans to legally challenge a jury verdict awarding $275 million to a group of people claiming they suffered from exposure to PCB, a chemical that Bayer’s Monsanto business produced until 1977. Bloomberg and …
After more than 120 years, the oldest black-owned insurance company in the United States has all but come to an end, and will soon be liquidated. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., which began in 1898 and whose iconic headquarters …
Lawyers for children who were sexually assaulted by a high school wrestling coach have settled a lawsuit with the Los Angeles Unified School District for $52 million, they announced. Attorneys for more than a dozen children and their families announced …
An explosion and fire last week at the Columbia Hills Retirement Center in St. Helens, Oregon, that killed one person was a human-caused accident. Columbia River Fire & Rescue officials said the explosion was caused by oxygen tanks stored in …
Three energy corporations are partnering on a carbon- capture project with the hopes of dramatically reducing industrial carbon dioxide emissions in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Wednesday. ExxonMobil, CF Industries and EnLink Midstream have entered into an agreement with …
More than ever, in the wake of the global disruption wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical upheaval, and supply chain disruptions and other inflationary pressures, risk management has proven critical to organizations’ operations and survival. Although some organizations might continue …
In its latest update of the cyber market, broker Marsh said there are signs of improvement, with average rate increases continuing a trend of stead decline. Marsh said rate increases for cyber insurance have decelerated nearly 80% on average in …
Airbus and Qatar Airways return to court on Friday as a contractual and safety dispute over A350 passenger jets descends into a tug-of-war over confidential documents while the sums at stake in their unprecedented falling-out top $1.5 billion. Qatar Airways …
European Union and U.S. officials expect to reach agreement that would grant EU companies, including electric car makers, the same status as U.S. ones in the U.S. market, to avoid what the EU calls discrimination against its producers by the …