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Global Warming Worries Already Changing Human Behavior
From Australia's devastating wildfires to T-shirt weather in Norway at the height of winter, the latest weather events are showing the global impact of climate change. The majority of people in a new ...
AI Adoption High But Staffing an Obstacle for Carriers
Sixty-two percent of carrier professionals recently surveyed said their companies have already adopted artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives, but a high percentage of those ...
Kemper $142M Arbitration Award Upheld on Appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a $141.7 million arbitration award in favor of the Kemper Corp. subsidiary, Kemper Corporate Services, against Computer Sciences Corp. A ...
USAA Wins Against Wells Fargo in Mobile Deposit Tech Patent Verdict
Wells Fargo & Co. was told to pay $102.8 million after a federal jury in Texas said it infringed United Services Automobile Association's patents for a mobile deposit system. It's the second ...
Australia Bushfires Have Scorched 25.5 Million Acres; PM Proposes Inquiry
After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he will propose a national review into the response to the disaster, as ...
Insurers, Analysts Worry Australia’s Bushfires Could Surpass 2009’s Costly Season
Australia's bushfire season has months to run and could easily surpass the most costly fire season, 2009's Black Saturday fires in Victoria, which had a price tag of an estimated A$4.4 billion (US$3 ...
Dismissal of Lawsuits Over Missing Malaysia Air Flight Upheld on Appeal
A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims' families sought to hold the ...
Masimo Sues Apple, Alleging Theft of Tech for Watch
Apple Inc. is accused of stealing trade secrets and improperly using Masimo Corp. inventions related to health monitoring in its Apple Watch. Masimo, which develops signal processing technology for ...