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SAC Gives Investors More Time To Pull Money Out
Hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen is giving investors more time to withdraw their money from SAC Capital Advisor's funds, as his $15-billion firm faces continued federal scrutiny in an insider trading ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down In 2011 In U.S, Europe; Up in China
Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions dipped 0.7 percent in 2011, helped by a U.S. shift from high-polluting coal in power plants and by Europe's economic slowdown, data compiled by ...
Behind every commercial or residential property in a regional insurer’s portfolio are people relying on their carrier to remain resilient...
U.S. P/C Industry 2012 Income $33.5B In Spite Of $32B In Cat Losses
U.S. property/casualty insurers absorbed net insured catastrophe losses of more than $32 billion last year, but still managed to post $33.5 billion in net income in the aggregate—in part because ...Family Of Slain Chicago Cop Sues Gun Shop
The parents of an off-duty Chicago police officer who was shot to death three years ago shortly after returning from Iraq announced a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a Mississippi gun shop, saying ...
U.S. Drought Continues To Ease
Drought conditions across portions of the central United States continued to moderate as rain and snow boosted soil moisture in the past week, according to a report released on Thursday by state and ...
Govt. Lawsuit Accuses Novartis Of Health Care Fraud
The U.S. government sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Tuesday, claiming it gave kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors' drugs to its own. The civil health ...EU Antitrust Body Seeks Views On Google Concessions
Google's rivals will have the chance to comment on concessions proposed by the U.S. Internet company to end an EU antitrust investigation. Complainants including Microsoft, online travel sites ...
EU Lawmakers Water Down Accountancy Reform
European Union plans forcing companies to change accountants regularly were watered down on Thursday, providing some relief for the "Big Four" auditors that check most large company books. A panel ...