U.S.
California Wildfire Destroys 30 Homes; Hundreds More Threatened
A fast-moving wildfire ripped through rolling hills and ranch land in rural northern California on Tuesday, after destroying 30 homes overnight and prompting more than 500 area residents to evacuate, ...
Analyst’s Comment Spreads on Twitter, Spooking Kinder Morgan Investors
Kevin Kaiser, a 26-year-old analyst only three years into his first job out of the Ivy League, jolted Wall Street last week with a pithy email taking aim at North America's largest oil and gas ...
Travelers $633M Buyback Sets Record in Quarter as Storm Costs Decline
Travelers Cos., the only property insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, spent a record amount on share repurchases this quarter as it benefits from lower costs tied to the most severe natural ...
U.S. House Panel Probes Obsolete Technology at SEC
A U.S. House of Representatives committee is investigating whether federal securities regulators are using last century's tools to review corporations' books despite a rule that requires them to use ...
Google Loses Appeal in Street View Privacy Case
A federal appeals court rejected Google Inc.'s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of violating federal wiretap law when its accidentally collected emails and other personal data while building its ...Selective Insurance Names Marchioni President, Chief Operating Officer
Selective Insurance Group Inc. has selected John Marchioni as president and chief operating officer. Gregory E. Murphy, who remains chairman and chief executive officer, previously held the president ...
Recession Risk Gone In All U.S. States Except One: Moody’s Analytics
All U.S. states except for Delaware have escaped the possibility of falling back into recession, as they reap the rewards of strong private-sector employment and a burgeoning energy sector, according ...
JPMorgan’s Board Takes Some Power from Dimon
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s board, under fire for the bank's trading losses and myriad government probes, said on Monday that it was adding two directors and handing more power to its lead independent ...