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Twitter, Facebook Disclosures Okay, SEC Says
As long as companies alert investors about which social media outlet they plan to use in advance, they can use outlets like Facebook and Twitter to disclose key information, the Securities and ...
Direct Writers’ Call Centers Lag Agents in Claims Service Quality: J.D. Powers
More property owners are filing claims with call centers run by direct writing insurers or online but these customers are less satisfied than those who file their claims using agents, new research ...
Possible Infrastructure Disruption, Claims Resulting From Geomagnetic Storms
Solar and geomagnetic activity is expected to peak this year, increasing the possibility of disruption to government and private infrastructure. According to Rade Musulin, COO Aon Benfield Analytics ...Oil Spill Claims Chief Seeks Dismissal BP Lawsuit Over Settlements
The administrator of BP Plc's settlement with thousands of people and businesses who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill urged a federal judge on Monday to end the company's lawsuit over how ...
Apple-Samsung Case Challenges Sealing of Trade Secrets
A federal appeals court aggressively questioned the scope of the public interest and trade secrets at a hearing on Tuesday over document secrecy in Apple Inc.'s patent litigation against Samsung ...Judge Delays Ruling On SAC’s ‘No Admission’ Settlement With SEC, Pending Citigroup Outcome
A judge on Thursday put off a decision on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed $602 million insider trading settlement with a unit of SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund, potentially ...Flood Insurance Premiums to Rise, FEMA Chief Warns
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said people who buy federal flood insurance need to plan for big rate hikes. FEMA Director Craig Fugate said some people now paying hundreds of ...
Modern Fire Science Prompts Reviews of Past Arson Convictions
Ed Graf was given life in prison 25 years ago for killing his two stepsons by locking them in a backyard shed and setting it on fire. Two investigators used photos of the shed's remains to persuade ...