Government
States Weaken Commercial Host Liability Laws: Study
A new report says that in recent years many states have enacted legislation to protect retailers from commercial host liability by increasing the evidentiary requirements, limiting the amount of ...
Obamacare, Tepid U.S. Growth Fuel Part-Time Hiring
U.S. businesses are hiring at a robust rate. The only problem is that three out of four of the nearly 1 million hires this year are part-time and many of the jobs are low-paid. Faltering economic ...
U.K. Banks to Pay $2.4 Billion to Settle Insurance Mis-Selling: Sources
Britain's biggest banks are close to an agreement with regulators to pay as much as 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) to compensate customers wrongly sold insurance for credit-card and identity ...
SEC’s JPMorgan China Probe Threatens Cozy Tradition of ‘Client Hires’
The U.S. government's bribery investigation into JPMorgan's employment of at least two Chinese bankers has prompted banks and other corporations across the globe to take a close look at their hiring ...
Detroit Bankruptcy Boosting Appeal of Insurance for Municipalities
Detroit's record bankruptcy may cost bond insurers more than $1 billion in claims. Yet the filing is also boosting the appeal of guaranteed municipal debt as the companies pledge to cover Motor City ...
Allianz Mulls Carbon Credit Expansion After Indonesia Investment
Allianz SE, Europe's largest insurer, is considering expanding its business of buying carbon emission credits after getting enough of the certificates from a project in Indonesia to help offset its ...
Lloyd’s Insurers Face More Bond Losses on Fed Reserve Tapering
Insurers in the Lloyd's of London market, sideswiped by the Federal Reserve's plan to scale back debt purchases, may face more losses as rising Treasury yields erode the value of their short-term ...
JPMorgan Hit by U.S. Bribery Probe into Chinese Hiring
U.S. authorities have opened an investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase & Co hired the children of powerful Chinese officials to help it win business in China, according to the New York Times. ...