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Hurricane Bertha to Pass by East Coast But Not Make Landfall: AIR
Aug 4 2014 // Bertha, which became the second hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season today, made its way through the Caribbean as a weak and disorganized tropical storm this past weekend. Bertha is heading north and is expected to pass...
Forecasters Reaffirm Below-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook
Aug 4 2014 // Colorado State University (CSU) researchers continue to predict a below-average hurricane season for the Atlantic basin in 2014, citing exceptionally unfavorable hurricane formation conditions in the tropical Atlantic...
ICAT Launches a New California Homeowners Earthquake Product
Aug 4 2014 // BOULDER, CO – (August 4, 2014) – ICAT, a leading provider of property insurance to businesses and residences in hurricane and earthquake exposed regions of the United States, is pleased to announce the launch of its...
NHC Tracking TS Bertha; No Immediate Threat to U.S.
Aug 4 2014 // The latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, issued at 5:00 A.M. EDT, locates the center of Tropical Storm Bertha approximately 220 miles – 350 km –east of Great Abaco Island in the...
Trucking Company Owner Pleads Guilty in Missouri to Cargo Theft Scheme
Aug 4 2014 // A Memphis, Tenn., business owner has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a cargo theft scheme that included a theft in West Plains, Mo. Tammy Dickinson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,...
Energy Market Dynamics of Shifting Shale
Aug 4 2014 // The expansion of shale resource extraction encompasses several interrelated elements, including exploration risk, infrastructure project risk, and the risks associated with new or enlarged trade flows and the significant...
Chinese Drywall Maker Ordered to Pay $55,000, Stop Doing Business in U.S.
Aug 4 2014 // A federal judge in New Orleans has ordered a China-based maker of drywall to pay $55,000 in penalties and attorney fees – and to stop doing business in the United States – as punishment for refusing to take part in...
Time to Be Afraid – Preparing For Next Big Solar Storm
Aug 4 2014 // The probability of a solar storm striking Earth in the next decade with enough force to do serious damage to electricity networks could be as high as 12 percent, according to solar scientists. One such storm erupted from...
Administration Seeks Full Court Review of Obamacare Subsidies Ruling
Aug 3 2014 // The Obama administration asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to reconsider a three- judge panel’s ruling that customers on the federal marketplace authorized by the healthcare overhaul are ineligible...
New Suit Filed in Louisiana Claims Chinese Drywall Destroyed Homes
Aug 1 2014 // Lawyers for people who say their homes were wrecked by defective drywall made in China have filed a new lawsuit against the manufacturers and a new defendant — the Chinese Cabinet agency that oversees the country’s...
AIG, GE Capital Systemic Risk Designations Renewed
Aug 1 2014 // The top U.S. regulatory panel tasked with policing the safety of the financial system said on Thursday it is launching a review of potential risks in the asset management industry. But the Financial Stability Oversight...
U.S. to Step Up Oversight of Genetic Testing
Aug 1 2014 // Commonly used tests to predict disease or match a cancer patient with the drug most likely to work will be more strictly regulated under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal. The plan released yesterday means the...
Obama Climate Rules Unpopular in GOP South
Jul 31 2014 // In the Republican-heavy Southeast, critics said this week that a plan by President Barack Obama’s administration to cut pollution would raise electricity prices, result in job losses and may not significantly curtail...
NLRB’s McDonald’s Ruling Raising Liability Concerns for Franchise Operators
Jul 31 2014 // Under Democratic President Barack Obama, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board has been taking a stance on workplace relations that has employers, industry groups and Republican lawmakers voicing alarm. NLRB General...
House Votes to Proceed with Lawsuit Against Obama
Jul 31 2014 // The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted to sue President Barack Obama’s administration over implementation of his 2010 health-care law. With a near-party-line vote of 225-201, lawmakers endorsed...
U.S. Attorneys in Dakotas Turning Up Heat on Health Care Fraud
Jul 30 2014 // The top federal prosecutors from South Dakota and North Dakota say they have increased their efforts to fight health care fraud. U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson of South Dakota said he has restructured his office to allow...
Climate Change Debate in Denver Pits Coal Miners vs. Skiers
Jul 30 2014 // Coal miners took on skiers, and environmentalists dueled with business groups as the public debated sweeping rules from the Obama administration to combat global warming in a nationwide series of hearings yesterday. At the...
Inaction on Climate Change Costs Economy: White House
Jul 30 2014 // As the Obama administration defends its efforts to curb carbon emissions this week, it’s taking a new tack: arguing that it is smart economic planning. A new White House report says the cost of fighting climate...
Energi, HDI-Gerling America Extend Partnership for the U.S. Energy Industry
Jul 29 2014 // Energi and HDI-Gerling America have entered into a multi-year agreement to extend their risk management and insurance programs to certain segments of the United States downstream, midstream and upstream energy markets....
New York Lawmakers Push for Airline Safety Devices
Jul 29 2014 // Two U.S. legislators urged the government to study whether American passenger jets should be equipped with devices protecting them against missiles like the one that brought down a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine and...
