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Insurers Lose Bid to Halt Funding of Pittsburgh Corning’s Asbestos Trust
Pittsburgh Corning Corp.'s bankruptcy judge overruled final objections by insurance companies trying to halt the reorganization of the building-supply company. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Judith Fitzgerald ...ACE to Open Myanmar Office
The ACE Group said it has received provisional approval from Myanmar's Directorate of Investment and Company Administration to establish a representative office in the country. ACE said it is now ...
NOAA Forecast: Up to 6 Hurricanes This Season on Atlantic Coast
The government's weather center is forecasting that this year's Atlantic hurricane season that begins June 1 will be an active one, perhaps even extremely active, during its six months. Experts at ...
‘Systemically Important’ AIG Hunts for Board Member with Regulatory Experience
American International Group Inc.'s board is looking for a new director with regulatory experience, as the insurer readies for the government to classify it as big enough to merit greater scrutiny, ...
Insurers, Banks See Trade Deals As Way to Weaken Dodd-Frank
U.S. bankers and insurers are trying to use trade deals, which can trump existing legislation, to weaken parts of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. While ...
U.S. Needs Stronger Action Against Trade Secret Theft by China: Commission
Theft of trade secrets, chiefly by China, costs the U.S. economy $300 billion a year and must be fought with sanctions as tough as those used against terrorism and drug trafficking, an advisory panel ...
Fed Officials Dampen Talk of Imminent Cut in Bond Buying
Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the chances that the U.S. central bank would signal a readiness to reduce its bond buying at its meeting next month, dampening speculation ...
Oklahoma Tornado Damage Likely to Exceed Joplin
The damage from Monday's tornado in a suburb of Oklahoma City is likely to exceed that caused by the 2011 twister in Joplin, Missouri, that killed 161 people, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John ...