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Directors & Officers Liability Market Firming: Towers Watson Survey
The directors and officers liability market continued to see price increases in 2012, with more private/not-for-profit organizations reporting rate increases than public organizations but, according ...
China Wrestles With Cost Of Cleaner Environment
Facing public outrage over smog-choked cities and filthy rivers, China's leaders are promising to clean up the country's neglected environment— a pledge that sets up a clash with political ...
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Pentagon Forming Cyber Teams To Prevent Attacks
The Defense Department is establishing a series of cyber teams charged with carrying out offensive operations to combat the threat of an electronic assault on the United States that could cause major ...U.S. Plans To Let Spy Agencies Scour Americans’ Finances: Reuters Report
The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, ...
CEOs Ask For ‘Light Touch’ From U.S. Government On Cyber
Corporate leaders from the defense, technology, energy and banking industries told President Barack Obama on Wednesday they agreed cyber attacks were a top security threat but that they were looking ...U.S. Approves 3 Major Renewable Energy Projects In California, Nevada
The Obama administration on Wednesday approved three large renewable energy projects in the U.S. West, including what will be one of the world's largest solar developments, that combined will produce ...
Reuters’ Saft: The 27-Year-Olds Are Taking Us Down (Again) With Risk Games
The 27-year-olds who are making the mistakes may change, but the flaws in the incentives and risk models at the heart of the global financial system remain basically unchanged. Calling them ...Judge Finds No “Overarching Conspiracy” In Private Equity Collusion Suit; Case Moves Forward
A federal judge narrowed a closely watched lawsuit accusing some of the world's largest private equity firms of colluding to drive down prices on companies they sought to buy, costing shareholders of ...