May 30, 2019
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit in which investors accused the parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange of letting anonymous traders rig Wall Street’s main gauge of future stock market volatility at their expense. U.S. District Judge …
May 30, 2019
Insurance agency acquisitions and deal values are near an all-time high and all expectations are that deal flow in 2019 will match or exceed last year’s numbers. And while reported numbers tend to skew towards larger agency transactions, there are …
May 30, 2019
A Manhattan federal judge has ordered seven U.S. stock exchanges to face proposed class-action claims that they defrauded ordinary investors by quietly enabling high-frequency traders to trade faster and at better prices. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman on Tuesday said …
May 30, 2019
Fire officials in a Mississippi city say three recent fires in the same neighborhood were intentionally set. Vicksburg Fire Chief Craig Danczyk tells WLBT a vacant apartment building went up in flames on Saturday. The second fire occurred at a …
May 30, 2019
A Chicago fitness club will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says an employee of Lakeshore Sport and Fitness filed a discrimination charge …
May 30, 2019
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb+” to Centerline Property and Casualty Insurance Co., headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn. The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings is stable. The …
May 30, 2019
Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has hired Laura Edmonds as human resources and office manager for the organization’s leadership team. Edmonds will helm all HR efforts including developing and communicating company policies and procedures to employees, managing the onboarding of …
May 30, 2019
A television series about the world’s worst nuclear accident is refocusing millions of viewers on atomic risks just as the industry struggles to gain traction in markets flooded with renewable power. Home Box Office Inc.’s mini-series “Chernobyl” is set to …
May 30, 2019
Uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union has triggered a sharp drop in business confidence in Europe over the past six months, a survey showed on Thursday. Only 50% of European business leaders said they were confident about the …
May 30, 2019
Austin Box was a home-grown football star at the University of Oklahoma in 2010 when back surgery to repair an injury got him started on powerful opioid painkillers that would end his life at 22, his father testified through tears …