Technology/Science
U.S. Regulator Tells Web Search Firms To Label Ads Better
U.S. regulators warned leading Internet firms including Google Inc. to better identify paid ads in search results, particularly as new technology such as mobile services and voice-based online ...
Google Vindicated By EU Court Opinion On Search Results
Google must respect EU privacy law but is not obliged to delete sensitive information from its search index, an adviser to the highest European Union court said, in a case that tests whether people ...
Obama Takes On Power Plants As Part Of New Climate Plan
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants and other domestic actions including support ...
Supreme Court Extends Ban on Suits Against Generic Drugs
The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced its bar on lawsuits by patients against generic-drug makers, overturning a $21 million award to a woman who suffered debilitating injuries after taking a generic ...
Study Opens New Cracks In Scientific Front On Climate Change: Opinion
A major recent study has put the cat among the pigeons on climate change, challenging the size of the problem in the near-term and the role of a recent slowdown in warming. The paper, published in ...
Fracking Pollution In Wyoming Cast In Doubt As EPA Drops Probe
The only finding by U.S. regulators of water contamination from fracking was thrown into doubt Friday when the federal government halted its investigation and handed the probe over to the State of ...
Insurance Costs Climb With Ocean Temps: Geneva Association Report
There's only one direction for insurance costs related to climate events to move in the years ahead—upward, according to a report published today about the implications of ocean warming for the ...
What Should Carrier Execs, Directors Ask About Terror Risk?
As carrier executives and members of carrier boards work to get more comfortable with the risks their property/casualty insurance enterprises are taking on, one risk they will likely want to ...