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Ex-Security Chief at West Virginia Mine Gets 3 Years in Jail
Mar 1 2012 // A U.S. judge sentenced the former security chief at a West Virginia mine to three years in prison after being convicted of two felonies related to a federal probe into the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in 40 years, in...
Arbitrators Agree to Hear Chevron-Ecuador Pollution Liability Case
Feb 29 2012 // An international tribunal has found that it has jurisdiction to decide if Ecuador violated a treaty with the United States requiring it to guarantee a fair trial to Chevron Corp. in an environmental lawsuit that ended in...
China Higher Court Hears Apple’s iPad Trademark Claim
Feb 29 2012 // Lawyers for Apple Inc. argued for its right to use the iPad trademark in China on Wednesday, as a higher court began a crucial hearing that could result in sales of the wildly popular tablet computer being halted...
Moody’s Must Face Whistleblower Analyst’s Retaliation Claim
Feb 29 2012 // Moody’s Investors Service was ordered to defend against a lawsuit by a whistleblowing former analyst who claimed it illegally retaliated against him for questioning its ratings practices for risky mortgage debt. A...
Taxpayers See Gain As New York Fed Sells Last of AIG Bailout Bonds
Feb 29 2012 // The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Tuesday sold the remaining portion of mortgage-backed securities acquired in the 2008 rescue of American International Group Inc. The sale to a unit of Credit Suisse Group AG means...
BP Seeks Settlement with Oil Spill Plaintiffs
Feb 29 2012 // BP Plc is seeking to settle a lawsuit over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill by tapping into a $14 billion fund it set aside to compensate fishermen and businesses harmed by the disaster, lawyers familiar with the...
In Win for BofA, $8.5B Mortgage Settlement Sent Back to New York Court
Feb 28 2012 // Bank of America Corp. won a victory when a U.S. appeals court ruled that a proposed $8.5 billion settlement with investors in mortgage-backed securities should be reviewed in New York state court, not federal court. Bank...
Forecasters Unsure What to Expect This Tornado Season
Feb 27 2012 // Tornado season is starting, but don’t ask meteorologists how bad it will be this spring and summer. They don’t know. They’re having a hard enough time getting a fix on the likely path of storms expected...
Buffett Adds to Bullish U.S. Economic Recovery Signals
Feb 26 2012 // Anyone looking for more evidence of a strengthening U.S. economic recovery need only consider conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, where businesses ranging from railroads and electric utilities to furniture and candy stores...
BP Oil Spill Trial Delayed for Settlement Talks
Feb 26 2012 // The trial to decide who should pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been delayed by a week to allow BP Plc to try to cut a deal with tens of thousands of businesses and individuals affected by the disaster. Less...
Tornado Chasers Prepare for High Season
Feb 24 2012 // With the month of March looming, United States tornado chasers are already watching the Southeast as a nasty storm brews with the potential to spin off a batch of tornadoes. But if funnel clouds develop Thursday or Friday...
Court Upholds 1998 Tobacco Deal, Denies North Carolina Firm’s Claims
Feb 24 2012 // The landmark 1998 national settlement between 46 states and 19 tobacco companies is valid and doesn’t amount to a conspiracy or anti-competitive behavior by the government, a federal appeals court ruled this...
Complex Trial Over Blame for Gulf Oil Spill Set to Open
Feb 24 2012 // It could be the ultimate case for passing the buck. A massive trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill heads for a New Orleans federal courtroom on Monday, to determine how much BP Plc and others should cough up for...
Willis Tabs Zurich Exec to Lead U.S. Construction Surety Business
Feb 23 2012 // Willis North America, a unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, appointed Sean McGroarty as New York-based national surety leader of Willis North America construction practice. Sean McGroarty Previously,...
4.0 Earthquake in Missouri Shakes 9 States
Feb 23 2012 // Just days after the 200th anniversary of a series of massive earthquakes in southeast Missouri, residents woke up on Feb. 21 to a rumbling reminder that they live in one of the continent’s most active seismic...
Judge: BP, Anadarko, Transocean May Be Liable for Oil Pollution Claims
Feb 23 2012 // BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. are liable and Transocean Ltd. may be liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws over the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled. Wednesday’s...
Struggling Floridians Line Up for Mortgage-Mending
Feb 23 2012 // Nearly 1,200 people lined up at a downtown Miami conference center on Wednesday, holding onto mortgage documents and income statements in the hope of saving the homes they are struggling to pay for. Seated at rows of long...
AIA’s Snyder Describes Korea Trade Pact as ‘Excellent Model’
Feb 22 2012 // The long-awaited implementation of the Free Trade Pact between the Republic of Korea, or South Korea, and the U.S. (KORUS) is scheduled to go into effect on March 15. The date will see the conclusion of negotiations that...
The Hartford Hires Chartis U.S. Underwriting Chief Tucker
Feb 22 2012 // Hartford Financial Services Group announced three senior management appointments, including Tom Tucker as chief underwriting officer of commercial markets and head of specialty casualty. He will start his post at The...
Starr Cos. Hires ING Group Exec to Lead Starr Strategic Partners
Feb 22 2012 // Starr Companies appointed X. Rick Niu as senior managing director of Starr Strategic Partners, a newly formed division dedicated to serving the insurance and investment needs of Asian and other emerging market companies...
