Technology/Science
London’s Parhelion Underwriting Is First to Insure California Carbon Credits
Parhelion Underwriting Ltd. became the first insurer to offer a policy to protect companies from the invalidation of carbon offset credits sold as part of California’s cap-and-trade program. ...
U.S. Needs Stronger Action Against Trade Secret Theft by China: Commission
Theft of trade secrets, chiefly by China, costs the U.S. economy $300 billion a year and must be fought with sanctions as tough as those used against terrorism and drug trafficking, an advisory panel ...
Executives See Cloud Collaboration Aiding Execution, Innovation
Corporate executives increasingly look at cloud collaboration as a way to increase productivity, speed up business results and improve collaboration across functions. Sixty-four percent of more than ...Karen Clark & Co.’s New Tool Creates Realistic Hurricane Footprints, Tailored Loss Estimates
Just in time for the 2013 hurricane season, Karen Clark & Co. (KCC), a catastrophe risk and modeling firm, has released a scientific tool for creating hurricane tracks and wind speeds. Named ...
Experts Warn: Cyber Attacks Will Get Worse
Cybersecurity professionals know a myriad of ways hackers can try to wreak havoc on critical infrastructure or infiltrate corporations to steal or spy, but it is the fear of the unknown that some say ...
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 ...
Copyright Owners Blocked from Suing Google’s YouTube in Class Action
A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied class-action status to copyright owners suing Google Inc. over the use of material posted on YouTube without their permission. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in ...Alabama University Launches Cyber Threat Detection Firm
In a private-public partnership, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has launched Malcovery, an intelligence company specializing in cyber threat detection, to help businesses protect ...