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Significant Hurdles Before Tesla’s Promises of Paid Robotaxis Next Year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said the electric vehicle maker will roll out driverless ride-hailing services to the public in California and Texas next year, a claim likely to face significant ...
Business Owners in Disaster Areas Should Be Wary of Possible Scams
The devastation of Hurricanes Milton and Helene have opened the floodgates for people seeking disaster relief. Along with that comes the danger of fraud. The Federal Trade Commission, Department of ...
SEC Accuses Four Firms of Downplaying SolarWinds-Related Hacks
Four hacked companies will pay a total of almost $7 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that they downplayed the significance of the cyberattacks, the latest fallout ...
Record-Breaking Temperatures Mask a Subtler Threat: Chronic Heat
Phoenix has become a nerve-wracking bellwether for extreme heat. Arizona's capital recently endured a three-week stretch when every day broke a heat record, with thermometers peaking at 117F (47C) on ...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates See 1st Quarterly Decline in Seven Years: Marsh
Global commercial insurance rates fell 1 percent in the third quarter of 2024 from the previous quarter, which marked the first time the index has recorded a quarterly decline since the third quarter ...
Georgia Legal System Abuse Focus of New Triple-I Awareness Campaign
To raise awareness of the impacts of legal system abuse to Georgia consumers, businesses and insurers, the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) launched a multi-faceted campaign that includes ...
This Year’s Florida Citrus Crop to be Lowest on Record Due to Hurricanes
Early evaluations of the impact of hurricanes Helene and Milton in the citrus-growing area in Florida indicates production will fall further, likely to a record low, according to industry ...
Affordable Housing in Hawaii Threatened by Rising Insurance Prices
Lahilahi Heen has lived for decades in a three-bedroom house surrounded by a carefully groomed garden in the lush Hawaiian Shores subdivision in Lower Puna. It's also downslope from Hawaii's most ...