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Dupont Loses Third Case Over Teflon-Making Chemical and Cancer Risk
A U.S. jury in Ohio on Wednesday ordered DuPont to pay $2 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from one of the company's plants, according ...
Reuters Special Report: ‘Superbug’ Outbreaks Kept Secret at Hospitals, Nursing Homes
The outbreak started in January 2014. That's when a resident of the Casa Maria nursing home here was diagnosed with Clostridium difficile, a highly contagious and potentially deadly "superbug" that ...
‘Regtech’ Cos. Stand to Gain From Fragmented Regs of Trump Era
President elect Donald Trump is pro-business and anti-red tape. But what if your business is red tape? Companies whose technology helps banks and investors cope with the welter of post financial ...
First-of-a- Kind U.S. Insurance Reg Helps Ex-Cons Get N.Y. Jobs
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a regulation last Wednesday making it easier for businesses to hire former convicts by prohibiting insurance companies from refusing coverage for crime-related ...
New York Insurance Banking Cybersecurity Regs to Be Delayed Past Jan. 1
New York's financial regulator will delay an anticipated Jan. 1 deadline for banks and insurers doing business in the state to comply with controversial cybersecurity rules, a person familiar with ...
N.J. Life Insurance Agent Charged With Stealing Client Identities
State authorities say a former insurance agent assumed the identities of former clients to fraudulently apply for new life insurance policies in their names. Marta Cristina Cunha is charged with ...
China Insurance Regulator Tightens License Rules: Sources
China's insurance regulator is making it much tougher for insurers to get new licenses as it seeks to reduce risks resulting from the aggressive business and investment practices of some players, ...
Google Spying, Requiring Illegal Confidentiality Agreements From Employees, Suit Says
A Google Inc. product manager has sued the company, accusing it of unlawfully prohibiting employees from sharing concerns with coworkers, shareholders or the press, and maintaining a "spying program" ...