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Bayer Lobbies States to Keep Glyphosate on Market
Bayer is lobbying U.S. states to adjust their regulations in the battle to control costly litigation targeting its herbicide glyphosate but is also prepared for a possible exit from the market, the ...
Victims of ‘Low Attention Disasters’ Must Go It Alone
The ashes of Hatim Naim's burned home lie just a few dozen miles west of the Los Angeles areas destroyed by January's Palisades and Eaton fires. But because the Mountain Fire, which destroyed 182 ...
1 in 6 Americans Report Feeling Stressed Every Day
A new national survey commissioned by the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that nearly half of U.S. adults (45 percent) are stressed at least once a week because of the news or ...
US Safety Agency to End Some Health and Injury Data Collecting After CDC Cuts
The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Despite Decline in Cyber Breaches, Middle Market Firms Must Remain Vigilant: Survey
New data cautions that though cyber breaches have fallen significantly, after reaching a record-high of 28 percent in 2024, middle market companies must remain diligent in their cybersecurity ...
NTSB Finds Multiple Failures Before Deadly NJ Cargo Ship Fire
The Newark fire department's lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the East Coast's largest port in July 2023 amounted to a "failure of ...
Travelers Income Drops 65% on Catastrophe Losses, Primarily California Wildfires
The Travelers Cos. said first-quarter 2024 fell 65 percent on an underwriting loss of $305 million. Travelers posted first-quarter net income of about $395 million compared to about $1.1 billion ...
Progressive Q1 Net Income Up 10%
First-quarter net income at Progressive Corp. increased 10 percent compared to the same period a year ago to about $2.6 billion. Progressive reports results monthly. Net income for March was down 42 ...