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Autonomous Vehicle Systems Fall Short (So Far) With Driving Complexities
To the human driver, it would have been an obvious obstacle: a police car and fire truck, emergency lights blazing, blocking the lane ahead. But to the Tesla Inc. Model S traveling down a Southern ...
J&J Must Pay at Least $37.2M to Plaintiffs Who Blamed Cancers on Talc Powder
Johnson & Johnson must pay at least $37.2 million to four consumers who blamed asbestos-tainted talc for their cancers in the company's latest loss in nationwide litigation over its iconic baby ...
China-Owned Insurer Helps Soften Trade War Hits for Exporters and Importers
As the U.S.-China trade war intensifies, an insurance company run by the Chinese government is stepping in to support Chinese exporters, providing low cost coverage and chasing down U.S. importers ...
California Wildfire Victims Balk at Utility’s Plan to Cap Payments
PG&E Corp's plan to cap payments to victims of California wildfires blamed on the power producer is "totally unacceptable," a lawyer representing victims in the utility's bankruptcy case said on ...
Updated Hurricane Dorian Insured Loss Estimates Calculated for U.S., Caribbean
Hurricane Dorian may be history, but catastrophe modeling firms are still calculating insured losses for damage the storm inflicted on the U.S. and Caribbean region. Karen Clark & Co. issued an ...
Benefits Abound With Investments in Climate Change Adaptation
Investing $1.8 trillion between 2020 and 2030 in projects to help communities adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change could yield $7.1 trillion in economic benefits, according to a report ...
Facebook Users Gain Liability Leverage in Cambridge Analytica Suit
Facebook Inc. users suing over the social network's worst-ever privacy scandal gained leverage to pry into its internal records to back up their claims that it failed to safeguard their personal ...
Root Insurance Secures $350M Financing to Fuel Accelerated Expansion
Root Insurance confirmed it has pulled in a $350 million venture capital infusion, a few weeks after news of the imminent financing leaked early. The Wall Street Journal reported in late August that ...