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First Self-Driving Commercial Shipment: Uber Truck Makes Beer Delivery
A tractor trailer full of beer drove itself down Colorado's I-25 last week with nobody behind the wheel. Uber Technologies Inc. and Anheuser-Busch InBev NV teamed up on the delivery, which they said ...
Former Vt. Regulator Joins NCCI as Chief Regulatory Services Officer
Susan Donegan has been named as the new chief regulatory services officer for the NCCI. Donegan assumed the position on Sept. 19, and succeeds Helen Westervelt, who announced her retirement in ...
Blockchain Tech Provider Launches Open Source Platform
Time to put the blockchain hype to the test. After a year of promises that the technology would revolutionize Wall Street, anyone can now download an entire blockchain specifically built for ...
Carrier Climate Change Risk Disclosure Has Improved: Ceres Analysis
Insurers in the United States are increasingly willing to disclose their risk management practices related to climate change, according to a new report suggesting that last year's global accord in ...
Former Chubb Exec Robusto Set to Succeed CNA’s Motamed Next Month
Former long-time Chubb executive Dino E. Robusto will assume the roles of chairman and chief executive officer on November 21, 2016 at CNA, succeeding Thomas F. Motamed, who is retiring after eight ...
New York, San Fran Legal Fights Test Airbnb Business Model
Airbnb, the online lodging service that investors now believe is worth $30 billion, faces a reckoning. In eight years of torrid growth, the company has often clashed with local public officials ...
Online Sites From N.Y. to L.A. Crashed Friday in Hacker Web-Host Siege
Millions of internet users temporarily lost access to some of the world's most popular websites Friday, as hackers hammered servers along the U.S. East Coast with phony traffic until they crashed, ...
Typhoon Haima Hits China; Earthquake Strikes Eastern Japan
AIR Worldwide issued two new weather event updates, covering Typhoon Haima in the Philippines and China and an earthquake in Japan. After wreaking havoc with heavy rains in northern Luzon and ...