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U.S. at Risk of Severe Weather From Climate, Scientists Say
More than half the U.S. population lives in coastal areas that are "increasingly vulnerable" to the effects of climate change, which will ripple throughout the U.S. economy, a White House advisory ...
Samsung to Pay Apple Roughly $120M for Three Infringed Patents
A U.S. jury on Monday left the total damages Samsung Electronics Co Ltd must pay Apple Inc. unchanged at $119.6 million, after additional deliberations in a trial where the South Korean smartphone ...
Senators to Push U.S. Cybersecurity Legislation
U.S. administration officials, private sector executives and privacy advocates are reviewing a draft of a bill that would encourage sharing of cybersecurity data between the government and companies, ...
U.S. Treasury Priority: Putting an End to Tax-Driven Business Moves Abroad
The Obama administration is seeking ways to curb tax-dodging by U.S. businesses that reincorporate overseas, a U.S. Treasury official told Reuters on Wednesday, highlighting growing concern about ...WSJ: Were Risks of a Catastrophic Landslide in Washington Ignored?
County officials have said that they weren't aware of a 15-year-old report that warned about the risks of a catastrophic landslide in their Washington state region. But in the wake of a March 22 ...
Search Warrants Extend To Overseas Email Accounts, U.S. Judge Rules
Internet service providers must turn over customer emails and other digital content sought by U.S. government search warrants even when the information is stored overseas, a federal judge ruled on ...
Former KPMG Partner Gets Jail Time for Insider Trading
Former KPMG LLP senior partner Scott London, who had provided tips to a friend about the accounting firm's clients, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on an insider trading charge by a federal ...Subprime Auto Lender May Have Exposed Clients’ Personal Info
Benjamin Lawsky, New York's top banking regulator, sued Condor Capital Corp., claiming the subprime auto lender stole millions of dollars from low-income customers and risked exposing their personal ...