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Fosun International Leader Backs China Crackdown on Outbound M&A Deals
Billionaire Guo Guangchang, whose Fosun International Ltd. is under scrutiny by Chinese authorities over its foreign mergers and acquisitions, said the government's clampdown on outbound investments ...
Nobody Is Safe: Cyber Security Firm FireEye Says Researcher Got Hacked
Cyber security firm FireEye said on Monday one of its researchers based in Israel had several of his online accounts hacked by unknown attackers, but added the breach did not appear to involve any ...
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Simon the Giant Rabbit Is Dead; Owners Allege United Airlines Was Responsible
The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who died on a United Airlines flight while bound for the Iowa State Fair sued the carrier, claiming its employees were responsible for the hare's death. The ...
U.S. House Committee Signs off on Quicker Rollout of Self-Driving Cars
An influential U.S. House committee on Thursday approved a revised bipartisan bill on a 54-0 vote that would speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from ...
AXIS Strategy Helps Produce Improved Q2 Combined Ratio
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has plenty to crow about in its 2017 second quarter results. While its net income and net premiums written dipped, the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer saw substantial ...
Is AIG Investor and Trump Advisor Icahn Trying to Get ‘Too Big to Fail’ Label Removed?
Two prominent U.S. Democratic senators are raising questions about President Donald Trump's special adviser, Carl Icahn, asking in a letter on Thursday if the activist investor is attempting to ...
ILS Issuance Landed at $6.3B in Q2, a Record
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance reached a record-breaking $6.3 billion in Q2 2017, continuing the trend from the first quarter of the year, according to a report by Willis Towers Watson ...
Wells Fargo Will Refund $80M to Customers Wrongly Charged for Car Loan Insurance
Wells Fargo said it would reimburse about $80 million to 570,000 customers who may have been charged wrongly due to issues related to auto collateral protection insurance (CPI) policies. Wells Fargo ...