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Weather Damage Turning Into Long-term Debt for Homeowners: Report
A new report revealed that half of U.S. homeowners paid out of pocket for weather damage in the past three years and only 22% feel very financially prepared for an unexpected weather repair, ...
L’Oreal Explores Moving Chemical-Related Liabilities
L'Oreal has engaged restructuring advisers to explore options for rising US legal liabilities linked to its use of talc and other chemical ingredients in some of its cosmetic products, the Wall ...
Amazon Cargo Plane Pilots Weren’t Warned About Wind Before Miami Crash: NTSB
Despite regulations requiring it, an air traffic controller failed to tell the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane about the potential for strong tail winds as they landed in Miami, careening off the ...
Large Commercial Property Rates Drop 14.5% in Q2 to Highlight Latest Willis Report
Commercial property rates continues to soften, according to a new report from Willis, a WTW business. Large and complex property rates with WTW's portfolio dropped 14.5% in the second quarter of ...
Trump Names Intelligence Chief Clayton as AI Czar, to Head Task Force
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton the administration's AI czar, tasking him with coordinating the federal government's efforts to ...
Federal Bill Seeks to Reduce Work Week to 32 Hours
Federal legislation to reduce the work week from 40 hours to 32 was reintroduced last month by Representative Mark Takano (CA-39), a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, ...
U.S. Supreme Court Term Begins With Bid by Oil Companies to Avoid Climate Lawsuit
The US Supreme Court opened its new nine-month term on Monday by hearing a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary ...
How a Kelvin Wave Is Raising the Sea Level Along the West Coast
Sea levels along the West Coast will begin to rise by up to a foot this month as a series of pulses of warm water called Kelvin waves hit the shoreline and move north, sparking concerns about beach ...