Technology/Science
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 ...
Ebix’s Raina Loses Magic Touch As U.S. Probes Accounting
Robin Raina always had the magic touch, or so it seemed until Wednesday, when the disclosure of a U.S. criminal probe of his software company's accounting practices blew up a proposed $820 million ...
Facebook Admits Year-Long Data Breach Exposed 6 Million Users
Facebook Inc. has inadvertently exposed 6 million users' phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorized viewers over the past year, the world's largest social networking company disclosed late ...
Mini Flash Crashes Caused By Sloppiness, Not A Broken Market: SEC
Unexplained rapid price drops in single stocks have generally been triggered by human error, not nefarious trading activity or high-speed trading algorithms gone wild, an official at the U.S. ...