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Deloitte’s Howard Mills On Leadership & Governance
"Take me to your leader." Those of us who grew up worshiping cheesy sci-fi movies from the 1950s are undoubtedly familiar with that line. It is what the aliens who land on earth usually say to the ...
Report: Feds’ Warnings About Sandy Were Confusing
Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. The gigantic October storm lost tropical ...
$2.5 Trillion in Global Disaster Losses Since 2000: U.N. Report
Economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50 percent higher than previous international estimates, according to a U.N. report. The U.N. Office for ...
New Federal Fracking Rules Proposed; Won’t Apply To Drilling On State Lands
On Thursday, the Obama administration unveiled a new proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rolling back some measures from its original, abandoned draft as it sought to ease ...
Insurance Ops Still AA+ At Berkshire, But S&P Cuts Holding Co. Credit Rating
Applying a new group rating methodology to its assessment, Standard & Poor’s lowered the counterparty credit rating for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. by one notch—to “AA” from ...
How Good Are Hurricane Forecasts?
Hurricane forecasts are very interesting and well publicized in the media, but how reliable are they? Not very, according to catastrophe modeling expert Karen Clark, who provides a chart of seasonal ...
Karen Clark Explains The Basic Facts About Hurricanes
The 2013 hurricane season is upon us and with it the usual spate of hurricane predictions. Most forecasts will call for an active, above average season in 2013, due to factors such as warm sea ...
Will Supreme Court Enter Climate Change Debate?
With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...