International
Australia Declares a Catastrophe as Wildfires Spread
Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as a hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames. Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria ...
Southeast Asia Pilots Taking Risks in Overcrowded Skies
The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by ...
Willis Re: TRIA’s Demise Leaves Companies Actively Pursuing Alternate Coverage
Companies are actively pursuing alternative coverage to fill in reinsurance gaps left by the demise of TRIA after Dec. 31, Willis Re said in its Jan. 1, 2015 renewals report. "There are many ...
Apple Storage Space Shortage in iOS 8 Spurs Customer Lawsuit
Apple Inc. misleads consumers about the amount of storage space used by its iOS 8 operating system in iPhones, iPods and iPads, two users claimed in a suit targeting the software, adding a new ...
BlackBerrys Could Serve As Cyber Security Solution
If there's one company that's gotten a bit of good press from the Sony Corp. hacking scandal, it's BlackBerry Ltd. The beleaguered entertainment company dug up old BlackBerrys to use after Sony's ...
New Sony Hacking Theory: Ex-Employees May Have Been Involved
At least one former employee of Sony Corp. may have helped hackers orchestrate the cyber-attack on the company's film and TV unit, according to security researcher Norse Corp. The company narrowed ...
Meadowbrook Insurance Sells Itself to China’s Fosun International For $433M
Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. is closing out 2014 with a plan to buy Meadowbrook Insurance Group for $433 million. The deal, at $8.65 per share, will allow Fosun to gain a big ...
First Bodies and Debris Discovered in AirAsia Indonesia Crash
Indonesian search crews recovered debris and bodies floating in the sea from the AirAsia Bhd. airliner that went missing three days ago with 162 people on board, as investigators seek to determine ...