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W. Va. Chemical Spill Brings State Capital to Standstill
A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia's capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice, with officials saying Friday it was unclear when it might ...
Privacy Groups Worried About Gmail Links to Google+ Network
A new feature in Google Inc.'s Gmail will result in some users receiving messages from people with whom they have not shared their email addresses, raising concerns among some privacy advocates. The ...
FINRA, SEC Targeting Firms Giving Bad 401(k) Rollover Advice
Brokers who give retiring workers bad advice about what to do with their 401(k) plans should expect some headaches: U.S. securities regulators are taking a closer look at what happens when investors ...
Supreme Court to Hear Broadcasters’ Copyright Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a closely watched appeal filed by the four major broadcasters against an online television service, Aereo Inc., backed by media mogul Barry Diller that ...
Judge Strine Nominated to Lead Delaware’s Supreme Court
Leo Strine, the outspoken chief judge of Delaware's nationally important business court, has been nominated to lead the state's Supreme Court, Delaware Governor Jack Markell said last Wednesday. The ...
Economic Losses from Europe’s December Windstorms Put at $2.25B
Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, said that Windstorms Xaver and Dirk could combine to cause more than $2.25 billion in economic damages ...
Rotting Wood in New Homes Built After Katrina May Spark Legal Action
Actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, which has built 100 energy-efficient new homes in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, is considering legal action against the ...
The Results Are In: Agents Rate the Top 10 P/C Carriers
Compiling results of surveys of nearly 7,000 agents conducted over the course of 2013, a consulting firm published a list of the top-10 property/casualty carriers in January, with Sheboygan, ...