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EU Pushes to Save Paris Climate Change Agreement With More Diplomacy
EU foreign ministers on Monday said the bloc would strengthen diplomacy to promote the fight against climate change in the face of a possible U.S. exit from the Paris agreement. U.S. President Donald ...
PwC, MF Global Trial Begins in New York
Publicity about both the recent Academy Awards and Wall Street hung over a Manhattan courtroom on Monday as lawyers struggled to find jurors to decide whether PricewaterhouseCoopers helped cause the ...
Progressive’s Flo Is Ready to Win Over ‘Rate Shock’ Drivers
Progressive Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. auto insurer, boosted spending on marketing this year to win customers after scaling back in the second half of 2016 when increased costs from car accidents ...
Why Workers Comp Matters as Broader Safety Net Is Weakened: WCRI Conference
After decades of managing costs for employers, it's time for workers compensation professionals and public policymakers to turn their attention to the needs of injured workers and think of themselves ...
Wells Fargo Phony Account Scandal May Be Bigger Than Previously Thought
More Wells Fargo & Co customers may have been affected by a scandal over phony accounts than previously believed, the third-largest U.S. lender said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. Wells ...
Court Rules in J&J’s Favor Over Latest Talc Product Liability Lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that a state court jury in Missouri had returned a verdict in its favor in the latest trial to arise out of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company's ...
Ex-Moody’s Exec Loses Out on $864M Ratings Settlement as Whistleblower Lawsuit Dismissed
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit by a former Moody's Investors Service managing director and said he deserves none of the $863.8 million that Moody's agreed to pay to ...
U.S. Fruit Growers Risk Disaster From Record February Warmth
February's record warmth across the U.S. means several weeks of worry for fruit growers in the Midwest and Northeast as trees flower early, leaving them vulnerable to a hard freeze that could sweep ...