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Easy Post-Brexit Market Access Not Likely for UK Insurers, Bankers
The European Union's default market access for foreign financial firms will not be eased for Britain after Brexit and improvements to the equivalence regime will apply to all third countries, an EU ...
Climate Change Lawsuits Against 5 Oil Companies Dismissed by U.S. Court
A California federal court dismissed climate change lawsuits against five oil companies by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, saying the complaints required foreign and domestic policy ...
Corporate Britain Warns: Slow Brexit Negotiations Place Thousands of UK Jobs at Risk
Prime Minister Theresa May faces a new onslaught over her Brexit plans from corporate Britain, after the U.K.'s five main business lobbies urged her to make progress in the negotiations or risk ...
Saudi Insurance Stocks See Huge Gains With End of Female Driver Ban
Saudi insurers posted significant gains on Sunday, on hopes that insurance volumes will rise as women began driving in Saudi Arabia, in the end of the world's last ban on female drivers. This lifted ...
Put Down the Video Games: WHO Declares Compulsive Playing as Mental Health Condition
Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too much time playing. ...
The Next Tobacco? Climate Litigation Threat Growing: Opinion
Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the EU's second highest court. All claim to have suffered loss from climate change. ...
How Do You Count Deaths From a Hurricane?
How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It's a question that has been debated since the powerful storm slammed into the island and devastated the U.S. territory last year. It's also ...
Fracking Doesn’t Impact Groundwater: Studies
New research suggests drinking water supplies in Pennsylvania have shown resilience in the face of a drilling boom that has turned swaths of countryside into a major production zone for natural gas. ...