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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Invests in India-Based Digital Payments Company
Berkshire Hathaway Inc has acquired a 25 billion rupees ($356 million) stake in the parent of digital payments company Paytm, a source said, its first investment in an Indian startup as it moves into ...
Aspen Insurance Will Go Private in $2.6B Sale to Investment Manager Apollo
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd said on Tuesday certain funds affiliated to alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management LLC will take the insurer private in an all-cash transaction valued at ...
Allstate Will Acquire Identity Protection Company in $525M Cash Deal
The Allstate Corp. is expanding into the identity protection space with a planned $525 million acquisition of InfoArmor Inc. Allstate will pay cash for the privately held Scottsdale, Ariz. company ...
COUNTRY Financial CEO Bock Plans to Retire in January
COUNTRY Financial CEO Kurt Bock plans to retire early next year, the insurance and financial services group has disclosed. Bock's retirement is effective Jan. 31, 2019, capping seven years as chief ...
Chubb Licenses Duck Creek Technology Software for Global Use
Chubb has licensed Duck Creek Technology software products for use in all of its global business units. Financial terms were not disclosed. Chubb Chief Information Officer Monique Shivanandan said ...
Toyota Reportedly Will Invest $500M in Uber With a Focus on Self-Driving Cars
Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding an alliance with Uber Technologies Inc. through a new investment and a plan to get self-driving cars on the road, said a person familiar with the matter. The Japanese ...
Calif. Proposes Help for Utilities’ Fire-Related Liability Costs
California lawmakers outlined a proposal to help PG&E Corp. and other utilities cope with billions of dollars of potential damages from deadly wildfires that ravaged the state last year. The ...
Internet Trade Groups File Appeal Urging U.S. Court to Bring Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
A coalition of trade groups representing companies including Alphabet Inc, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc, urged a U.S. appeals court to reinstate landmark "net neutrality" rules adopted in 2015 to ...