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Costco Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Involving Slave Labor-Harvested Thai Shrimp
Costco Wholesale Corp. won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it didn't disclose to customers that it was selling farmed shrimp from Thailand fed a diet of cheap fish caught at sea with unpaid, forced ...
At Least 18 Dead Due to Storm Slamming U.S. South
A dangerous weekend weather system killed at least 18 people in the U.S. South, with Georgia officials reporting more than a dozen deaths on Sunday after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes buffeted ...
Apple Sues Chip Maker for $1B, Alleging Anticompetitive Tactics
Apple Inc filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday, days after the U.S. government accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over ...
Lemonade Boasts Claims Settlement Speed Record, AI Jim Answers Questions
Recently, Lemonade reported a claim-handling world record. The insurer reported a claim settlement speed record—three seconds and no paperwork. According to the insurer, a policyholder submitted a ...
Cost of Workplace Injuries Trends Downward: Liberty Mutual
Workplace injuries and accidents that cause employees to miss six or more days of work cost U.S. employers $59.9 billion in 2014, the most recent year for which statistically valid injury data are ...
Tesla Autopilot Function Cleared in Probe of Fatal 2016 Crash
The push to bring self-driving cars to American roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation's chief auto safety regulator essentially cleared Tesla Motors Inc.'s Autopilot system of ...
Uber Agrees to Fork Over $20M to Settle FTC Suit Over Driver Pay
Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to pay $20 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over driver compensation claims and its auto leasing program. The FTC sued the San Francisco-based ...
AIG Signs $9.8B Reinsurance Agreement With Berkshire Hathaway Unit
American International Group partnered with Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity Company on a new $9.8 billion reinsurance agreement that covers a large chunk of prior AIG's U.S. Commercial ...