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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names Execs for New Hong Kong Operation
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announced Sunday that it has received an insurance license to carry on all classes of general business in Hong Kong. BHSI also announced the following ...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Pleases Investors With Takeover Push
Warren Buffett said last year that Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s future will be about buying big businesses and expanding them over time. As he celebrates his golden anniversary running the company, ...
Australia Declares a Catastrophe as Wildfires Spread
Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as a hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames. Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria ...
Cyber Victims Warned Against Revenge Hacking
The hacked are itching to hack back. So say a dozen security specialists and former law enforcement officials who described an intensifying and largely unspoken sense of unease inside many companies ...
FIO Report on Global Reinsurance Industry Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office released a report outlining the role the global reinsurance industry plays in the U.S. insurance industry late last year. The report, ...
Southeast Asia Pilots Taking Risks in Overcrowded Skies
The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by ...
Over 7M Keurigs Recalled; Potential Burn Injuries
A few days before Christmas last year, Keurig Green Mountain Inc. said it was recalling about 7.2 million single-serve brewing machines because they could overheat and spray hot liquids on users. The ...
OSHA Rule Changes on Worker Death, Injury Reports Take Effect
Effective Jan. 1, 2015, all employers under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours. In ...