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California Utility Offers $13.5B in Compensation for Wildfire Victims; Shares Surge
Bankrupt utility giant PG&E Corp. is trying to offer $13.5 billion in compensation to the victims of wildfires sparked by its power lines as part of a restructuring plan, according to people with ...
Former AIG Executive Wins Legal Bid for $9 Million Crisis-Era Bonus
A former American International Group Inc. senior trader won his bid for 8.3 million euros ($9.2 million) in bonuses in a dispute at France's highest court that dates back to the financial crisis a ...
California Utility on the Hotseat Over Cable That Failed Before Massive Wildfire
A federal judge overseeing the probation of utility giant PG&E Corp. is demanding information on a power line that failed minutes before a massive wildfire broke out last month in Northern ...
Appeals Court Skeptical About Microsoft Women’s Claims of Unequal Pay
Women engineers who claim Microsoft Corp. discriminates against them for pay and promotions faced tough questions from a federal appeals court weighing whether their ground-breaking lawsuit should ...
The Story Behind a Quiet California Fire Season That Turned Into Chaos
The 2019 California wildfire season was remarkably, almost happily, quiet. Until it wasn't. October arrived and 80,000 acres erupted in flames. More than 300,000 people were evacuated and more than 3 ...
Facebook Sued Over Allegations of Age and Gender Bias in Financial Services Ads
Facebook Inc was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts, ...
J&J’s Own Expert, While With FDA, Found Asbestos in Baby Powder
Ever since Johnson & Johnson disclosed this month that a government test had turned up asbestos in its Baby Powder, the company has attacked the validity of the result. On Tuesday, for example, ...
Suit Alleging ‘Outrageous Conduct’ by AIG, Coventry Allowed to Proceed
An Alabama appellate court has cleared the way for a lawsuit that alleges outrageous and fraudulent conduct by American International Group and Coventry against a worker who was injured in an ...