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U.N. Bodies Want To Tackle Drought To Avert Food Crisis
U.N. agencies want to strengthen national drought policies after warnings that climate change would increase their frequency and severity. Droughts cause more deaths and displacement than floods or ...
On Energy Agenda, Obama Pushes Research Fund For No-Gas Autos
President Barack Obama tried to move past partisan fights over U.S. energy policy on Friday with a modest proposal to fund research into cars that run on anything but gasoline. Obama toured the ...
EU Wants To Include Financial Services In U.S. Trade Talks
The European Union's top trade official said on Saturday he wants financial services to be included in negotiations on an ambitious EU-U.S. free trade pact. The United States and the 27-nation EU ...
SEC Testing ‘Customized’ Punishments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is experimenting with punishments that more closely fit the wrongdoing at issue in a bid to give its enforcement cases more bite. Criticized for its ...RAA: U.S. Reinsurers Had Higher Premiums, Improved Underwriting Results in 2012
The Reinsurance Association of America said a group of 19 U.S.-based property/casualty reinsurers reported higher net written premiums and net income for 2012 compared to 2011. The RAA said Thursday ...Drought Conditions Improve In U.S. Plains: Report
Drought continued to retreat in many areas of the U.S. Plains last week as snow and rainfall replenished parched soils and gave farmers and ranchers an improved outlook for better crop and livestock ...
NICB Says Staged Accidents Targeting Big Rigs Could Turn Deadly
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) warned drivers in the Las Vegas area to be on the lookout for criminals targeting trucks in a deliberate attempt to cause an accident for the purpose of ...