7 01, 2021

More Than a Week Later, FBI Avoids Terror Label For Bombing

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The FBI investigation into whether the Nashville bombing was a terrorist act has sparked criticism about a possible racial double standard and drawn questions from downtown business owners whose insurance coverage could be affected by the …

7 01, 2021

Waterfront Homes Evacuated Due To Landslide in Wash. State

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LOFALL, Wash. (AP) — Eight waterfront homes along Hood Canal in Washington have been evacuated due to a fire and a landslide that has destabilized the hillside and pushed trees into at least one home, emergency officials said. Firefighters responded …

7 01, 2021

FBI Probe of Major Hack Includes Project-Management Software From JetBrains

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WASHINGTON, Jan 6 — The FBI is investigating whether the hackers behind a series of intrusions at U.S. federal agencies and companies also broke into project-management software created by the Czech-based company JetBrains in order to breach its customers, two …

7 01, 2021

Smithfield Foods Prepares For Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution to U.S. Employees

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CHICAGO, Jan 6 — Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor, said on Wednesday it is actively preparing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to employees and has medical capabilities at its U.S. plants. Meatpacking workers were among the groups hit hardest …

7 01, 2021

Viewpoint: Who’s On the Hook If Vaccines Go Wrong?

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The Covid-19 vaccines are here and distribution has begun. But what if something goes wrong? Whether it’s a loss of income, hefty medical bills or other serious adverse effects from getting a shot, someone has to pick up the tab, …

7 01, 2021

Goosehead Insurance Fires Employee Who Participated in Storming of Capitol

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Texas-based personal lines insurance agency Goosehead Insurance has fired an employee who participated in the storming of the Capitol yesterday. According to a posting on Goosehead’s Twitter account, Paul Davis, who was associate general counsel, is no longer with the …

6 01, 2021

South Korean Tanker was Boarded by Armed Iran Guard Forces

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SEOUL (AP) — Armed Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops stormed a South Korean tanker and forced the ship to change course and travel to Iran, the vessel’s owner said Tuesday, the latest maritime seizure by Tehran amid heightened tensions with the …

6 01, 2021

Regulators Ignored Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Complaints Amid Deadly Outbreaks

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Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety regulators, alleging the company was taking a lax approach to social distancing, sanitizing equipment and quarantining workers with COVID-19 symptoms. …

6 01, 2021

Viewpoint: Environmental Debt Risk Is Bigger Than Japan’s GDP

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The financial risk posed to companies by natural disasters keep growing and growing, and the size of potential losses is just eye-popping. Moody’s Investors Service says 18 sectors have a combined $7.2 trillion of debt with “high inherent exposure to …

6 01, 2021

Assault on U.S. Capitol a Spark, but No Catastrophe Losses Yet

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Commercial property insurers who are already edgy after suffering historic losses from civil unrest got another jolt Wednesday when pro-Trump protestors smashed windows to gain entry into the U.S. Capitol. But there’s “a lot of mileage” between the Washington D.C. …