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Ex Peanut Corp. CEO Gets 28 Years For His Role in Salmonella Outbreak
Former Peanut Corp. of America Chief Executive Officer Stewart Parnell was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in shipping salmonella-tainted products linked to nine deaths in 2009. Parnell, ...
Volkswagen CEO Apologizes After EPA Finds Emissions Test Cheating
Volkswagen has ordered an external investigation after U.S. regulators found software the carmaker designed for diesel cars gave false emissions data, its CEO said on Sunday, adding he was "deeply ...
Competition Consumers Deserve: PCI Opinion
Consider the scenario: A family of three suffers an accident and needs to replace several parts on their car. It's an expensive ordeal. And in our current system drivers are forced to rely largely on ...
China Re Gains Hong Kong Stock Exchange Approval to Launch $2B IPO
China Reinsurance Group Corp., the nation's biggest reinsurer, received Hong Kong stock exchange approval for an initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Beijing-based ...
Cyber Attacks Bring Insurers and Other New Clients to Defense Firms
A broadening wave of cyber attacks is drumming up new clients for defense companies as anxiety about the loss of sensitive data spreads from military chiefs to company bosses. Banks, utilities and ...
FHA Urges National Overhaul of Guardrail Standards After Review
U.S. highway guardrail systems made by Trinity Industries Inc. and Road Systems Inc. have "safety performance issues" in some real-world crash scenarios, the Federal Highway Administration said as it ...
Genome Sequencing is Boosting Food Safety Efforts in Crucial Ways
Investigations into foodborne illness are being radically transformed by whole genome sequencing, which federal officials say is enabling them to identify the source of an outbreak far more quickly ...
Autonomous Cars (and Their Hacking Risks) Move Insurance Liability to Manufacturers
Hacker attacks or faulty software could shift the burden of legal and regulatory liability toward makers of self-driving cars and away from customers, experts say, forcing regulators and insurers to ...