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U.S. Farm Sector Bracing to ‘Sober Up’ from Boom in 2014
After more than six years of unprecedented boom in the U.S. farm economy driven by a government-backed drive for biofuels, record low interest rates and rising food exports, American grain farmers ...
UN Envoys Endorse First Steps Toward Next Pact on Global Warming
Diplomats from almost 190 nations endorsed a set of measures on global warming, laying the groundwork for a treaty to be adopted in 2015 that would limit pollution by all nations for the first time. ...
A market conduct examination is a formal review by a state insurance department of how an insurer operates in the...
Employers Screening Social Media Accounts May Alienate Job Candidates
Research from North Carolina State University shows companies that screen the social media accounts of job applicants alienate potential employees – making it harder for them to attract top job ...
Asteroids Pose Serious Threat But Should Be Manageable
On Feb. 15, a 13,000-ton rock plunged through the skies above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It shone 30 times brighter than the sun, and hurtled at 42,000 miles per hour toward a city of more than a million ...
Swiss Voters Reject Strictest Executive Pay Limits in Ballot
Swiss voters rejected a proposal to limit executives' pay to 12 times that of junior employees yesterday, a measure that would have gone further than any other developed nation. The measure was ...
Indonesia’s 2004 Tsunami Recovery May Offer Lessons for Philippines: Expert
The man who steered Indonesia to recovery after the 2004 tsunami has some cautionary words for the Philippines as it begins reconstruction after Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors will get angry about living ...
Progressive Insurance Chairman, Former CEO, Philanthropist Lewis Dies
Progressive Corp. Chairman Peter B. Lewis, the billionaire who turned a company founded by his father into one of the largest U.S. auto insurers, has died. He was 80. Lewis died Saturday at his home ...
Harleysville President Browne to Retire in May; Toth to Succeed As Senior Executive
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael Browne, president and chief operating officer of the Harleysville Insurance, a member of the Nationwide family of companies, will retire ...