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Starbucks to Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Surprise Sales Decline
Starbucks must face a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by concealing declining sales in the United States and China, its two largest markets, which led to a 16 percent drop in its stock ...
New Female Crash Test Dummy Gets Key Government Endorsement
The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...
Buffett-Owned Utility Reaches $150M Oregon Wildfire Settlement
PacifiCorp, owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, said on Wednesday it reached a $150 million settlement with 1,434 plaintiffs who blamed the utility for starting the 2020 Labor Day weekend ...
Hurricane Melissa Registered the Strongest Wind Gust Ever in the Atlantic
Breaking Hurricane Allen's record of 190 MPH wind gust in 1980, Melissa registered 252 MPH, according to NSF NCAR's measurement. NSF NCAR is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...
Sea-Level Rise Threatens Thousands of Hazardous Sites With Flood Risk
If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil, and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the ...
U.S. Insurers Targeted by TPLF’s Digital Marketing Tactics: NICB
There is a strong connection between third-party litigation funding (TPLF) and excessive litigation instigated by fraudulent digital tactics, according to new joint analysis by the National Insurance ...
Florida Takes Steps to Advance Recreational Marijuana Question to 2026 Ballot
Florida elections officials have taken early steps under pressure from activists to advance a proposed initiative to legalize recreational marijuana to next year's ballot, legal filings show. The ...
Estimate to Rebuild Baltimore’s Key Bridge Doubles to $5 Billion
The price tag for rebuilding Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is now more than double what officials estimated in 2024 right after the bridge was struck by a container shop and collapsed. The ...