Emerging Markets
Hacking Threats Make Cyber Experts Darlings of the Corporate World
Some of the largest U.S. companies are looking to hire cybersecurity experts in newly elevated positions and bring technologists on to their boards, a sign that corporate America is increasingly ...
Greenpeace: “Fossil Fuel” Execs Risk Lawsuits For Denying Climate Change
Environmental groups said executives of coal, oil, gas and other "fossil fuel" companies could be held liable and risk lawsuits if they support groups that deny climate change and resist policies to ...
ACE CEO Greenberg to Lead Southeast Asia CEO Mission
ACE Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg is leading a U.S. delegation of executives to Southeast Asia with a focus on promoting mutual business opportunities. Specifically, he'll be bringing CEOs from the ...
Singapore Agriculture Cat Modeling Firm Eyes China Expansion
Asia Risk Centre (ARC) scored two major insurance licensing deals that should help expand its agriculture catastrophe modeling presence in China. The Singapore catastrophe modeling and analytics ...
Opinion: Risk Versus Reward In The ‘Internet of Things’
I hope it's not true that Apple's next big bet will be on the "Internet of things." The concept is a useless and dangerous one, and now Apple's powerful marketing machine may join Google's in selling ...
Brazil’s Historic Coffee Drought Spreads Industry Uncertainty
In Santos, where Brazil's normally bustling physical coffee trade is clustered in a handful of small buildings near the port, the family-owned brokers and multinational companies that move almost ...
eBay Reaches Out To 145M Users After Massive Cyber Attack
EBay Inc said on Wednesday that a cyber attack carried out three months ago has compromised customer data, and the company urged 145 million users of its online commerce platform to change their ...Berkshire Specialty Treks Into Travel Coverage
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Peter Eastwood, hired last year to expand into more insurance niches, is pushing into travel coverage in the latest challenge to American International Group Inc., his ...