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Lack Of Visibility On Buffett Successor A Concern—But Not Enough To Tip Best Ratings
A.M. Best affirmed the "A++" financial strength rating and "aaa" issuer credit ratings of Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity Co. and its affiliates on Wednesday, while commenting on the lack of ...
Copyright Owners Blocked from Suing Google’s YouTube in Class Action
A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied class-action status to copyright owners suing Google Inc. over the use of material posted on YouTube without their permission. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in ...Alabama University Launches Cyber Threat Detection Firm
In a private-public partnership, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has launched Malcovery, an intelligence company specializing in cyber threat detection, to help businesses protect ...
Government to Share Cyber Security Information with Private Companies
The U.S. government will use classified information about software vulnerabilities for the first time to protect companies outside of the military industrial complex, top officials told Reuters this ...
U.S., European Retailers Differ Over How to Make Bangladesh Factories Safer
A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers claiming ...
Currie Retiring As RenRe CEO; O’Donnell Takes The Spot
Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced on Wednesday that Neill Currie will retire from his position as chief executive officer, and that the current president, Kevin O'Donnell, will ...