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California Utility Takes $10.5B Hit Due to Wildfires, Says Line Likely to Blame
PG&E Corp., the bankrupt California utility owner, reported its biggest loss ever and said it's "probable" its equipment will be blamed as an ignition point for the deadliest wildfire in ...
BlackBerry Accuses Twitter of Patent Infringement
BlackBerry Ltd on Wednesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc of illegally using technology in its mobile messaging applications that had been developed by the former ...
Tessian, a UK Cybersecurity Startup, Secures $40 Million Financing
Sequoia Capital has backed a London-based cybersecurity startup founded by a trio of former banking analysts, who were surprised how often documents such as deal-term sheets were accidentally emailed ...
Wrongful Death Suit Against JPMorgan Over Ex-Top Broker’s Suicide Dismissed by Judge
A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co by the estate of a former top broker, who it said committed suicide after being forced into ...
Pool Re Sells First Terror Catastrophe Bond
A U.K. reinsurer has sold the first terror catastrophe bond, giving investors the chance to lock in high yields in return for taking on terrorism risks. The 75 million-pound ($99 million) three-year ...
El Nino’s Calm Winds Harming U.S. Wind Power Producers
Calm winds are hurting U.S. wind power producers. Unusually still weather in the upper Midwest and Great Plains in late 2018 has already taken a bite out of earnings at NextEra Energy Inc. and ...
IAALS Unveils New Protocols for First-Party Insurance Disaster Claims
A national legal group has developed new, streamlined protocols designed to promote a more efficient exchange of information in first-party insurance claims cases stemming from man-made and natural ...
J&J Now Stands Alone in Fighting Off Talc Lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson now finds itself alone in fighting the claims of a dying California woman and thousands of people like her who allege that the company's iconic baby powder contained asbestos ...