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Two Texas Attorneys Accused of Bankrolling BP Spill Scam
Two high-profile Texas attorneys were sued by a fishing boat captain who said they were involved in a scam to cheat BP Plc out of millions of dollars with false compensation claims for the Gulf of ...
Bill Gross: Allianz’s PIMCO Playing Dirty in Trying to Kill Departure Suit
Bill Gross said Pacific Investment Management Co. isn't playing by the rules in its effort to kill the lawsuit he filed last year over his departure. Gross told a California state judge Tuesday that ...
VW Claims CEO Didn’t Initially Notice 2014 Diesel Emissions Warning Memo
Volkswagen's former chief executive officer was alerted to problems with U.S. diesel emissions tests in 2014, but the issue "did not initially receive particular attention at the management levels," ...
How to Alert Humans in Driverless Cars About Road Hazards, Auto Conditions
Self-driving cars come with many unknowns and potential obstacles to safe driving but two recent studies set out to focus on one critical issue—the role of the human in the self-driving system. The ...
Class Action Suit Accuses News Corp. of Monopolizing In-Store Ads
News Corp went to trial on Monday in a class action lawsuit that accuses the company of monopolizing the market for in-store promotions at some 52,500 retail stores across the United States. Jury ...
Top 20 Claims Satisfaction Ranking: Amica Reigns as Industry Falters
Amica Mutual ranked highest in overall satisfaction among homeowners who have filed a property claim, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Property Claims Satisfaction Study, which found household names ...
P/C Insurers See Wide Uses for Predictive Analytics: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers plan to drastically widen their use of predictive analytics over the next two years to expand and grow their operations, a Willis Towers Watson survey has found. What's ...
Accident Excuse for Google Self-Driving Car: Bus Didn’t Move Out of the Way
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said on Monday it bears "some responsibility" after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month. The crash may be the first case of ...