California Vineyard Hit with $3.7M Fine for Bulldozing Wetland August 5, 2019 California regulators say a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and winemaker has agreed to pay $3.76 million in penalties after his...
Power Outage Grounded Flights at Southern California Airport August 5, 2019 A Southern California airport cancelled all flights after a power outage left all its terminals in the dark. John Wayne...
Costs of Buying Navigators Hit The Hartford’s Q2 Results August 5, 2019 Major insurer The Hartford saw its net income fall and its commercial lines combined ratio spike during the 2019 second...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Underwriting Profit Fell in Q2 August 5, 2019 Giant conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway saw its total insurance underwriting profit in the second quarter fall 63% to $353 million from...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 Reflects Slowing Economy, Trade Policy August 5, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday said its quarterly operating profit fell more than analysts expected, as weakness in insurance underwriting,...
State’s Purdue Opioid Suit Tests Holding Family, Purdue Directors Liable for Crisis August 5, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence Massachusetts took Purdue Pharma LP to task in a Boston courtroom Friday, blaming the opioid maker and the billionaire Sackler...
Cuomo Signs Bill Protecting Immigrant Workers from Workplace Harassment August 5, 2019 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation creating penalties for discrimination or retaliation against immigrant employees into law. This...
The Doctors Company Purchases New York’s HIC, FOJP Service Corporation August 5, 2019 The Doctors Company has completed the purchase of Hospitals Insurance Company (HIC), a New York State admitted and licensed insurance...
Suspected Gas Explosion in Pennsylvania Reduces Home to Rubble; Five Injured August 5, 2019 An explosion believed to have been caused by a gas leak reduced a western Pennsylvania home to a pile of...
Hong Kong Protestors Move to Shut Down Financial Hub with General Strike August 5, 2019 By Iain Marlow and Shawna Kwan Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned of a “very dangerous situation” as protesters moved to shut down the Asian financial...