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Tepco’s Shareholders Decline to Pursue GE for Fukushima Claims
Tokyo Electric Power Co. shareholders rejected a proposal to look into pursuing claims for compensation against companies that supplied parts for the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, including ...
BofA Rebuffs AIG Mediation Bid on $8.5 Billion Mortgage Deal
Bank of America Corp. said it won't renegotiate its $8.5 billion mortgage-bond settlement with investors after American International Group Inc., which opposes the deal, sought mediation. Bank of ...
New RAND Center to Study Catastrophe Mitigation, Victim Compensation
The RAND Corp. is launching a new research center that will analyze different approaches to compensating individuals, businesses and others following catastrophes ranging from natural disasters to ...
Insurance Industry Facing Accounting Overhaul in Line with Global Standards
The biggest overhaul of insurance accounting in 30 years was to advance a step on Thursday with the release of a proposal that some insurers fear could make their profits more volatile. In a move to ...
The Hartford Selling U.K. Variable Annuity Biz To Berkshire
The Hartford announced today that the company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its subsidiary, Hartford Life International Limited (HLIL), in a cash transaction to Columbia Insurance ...
‘Green’ Energy Hasn’t Bloomed For Investors—Yet
The term "green energy" refers to the benign environmental impact of fuel sources, such as wind and solar, that President Barack Obama promoted in a speech on Tuesday. It does not refer to that ...U.S. First-Quarter Growth Cut To 1.8 Percent
U.S. economic growth was more tepid than previously estimated in the first quarter, held back by a moderate pace of consumer spending, weak business investment and declining exports. Gross domestic ...
Europe Strikes Deal To Push Cost Of Bank Failure On Investors
The European Union agreed on Thursday to force investors and wealthy savers to share the costs of future bank failures, moving closer to drawing a line under years of taxpayer-funded bailouts that ...