Research shows that prior to starting school, children from high-income families benefit from 400 hours more literacy-related activities than children...
Yearly Archives: 2013
China’s central bank will allow foreign businesses to invest in domestic financial firms using offshore yuan funding, it said on...
Tens of thousands fled their homes in coastal areas of eastern India and moved to shelters on Friday, bracing for...
Former American International Group (AIG) Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg on Thursday won a short reprieve from New York’s case...

The number of homes at risk from wildfires in western U.S. states jumped 62 percent in the past year as...
An insurance provision in the U.S. farm bills proposed by the House and Senate could have corn, soybean, and wheat...
A jury in California on Thursday found Toyota Motor Corp. not liable in one of the first wrongful death lawsuits...
Workers’ compensation insurer The MEMIC Group announced this week that policyholders of its Maine-based company, Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company...
Connecticut Police are cracking down on motorists who text or use a hand-held cellphone while driving. Authorities call it “high-visibility...
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit...