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U.S., Europe Urged to Offer Product Safety Training to Importers
Apr 6 2012 // Food and drug regulators in the U.S., Europe and other developed countries should offer training, technology and expertise to developing nations in Asia, Latin America and other regions to better assure the safety of...
Aon Benfield March Cat Recap: Severe U.S. Weather, Quakes & Floods
Apr 6 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has released the latest edition of its Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide...
Viacom Wins Reversal in Landmark Copyright Case vs. Google’s YouTube
Apr 5 2012 // A U.S. appeals court has revived lawsuits by Viacom Inc., the English Premier League, and various film studios and television networks accusing Google Inc. of allowing copyrighted videos on its YouTube service without...
U.S. Summer Forecast: El Nino Adverse Weather May Return
Apr 5 2012 // The U.S. Climate Prediction Center raised the prospect that El Nino conditions could return after the Northern Hemisphere summer, causing adverse weather that could potentially disrupt the harvest of vital crops such as...
Best Announces Rating Actions on NZ’s ‘Old’ & ‘New’ AMI Insurance
Apr 5 2012 // A.M. Best Co. announced rating actions on both New Zealand’s AMI Insurance Limited, or the old AMI, and AMI Insurance (Operations) Limited, or the new AMI, following a substantial restructuring of the company in the...
Large Insurers Anxious As Financial Council Finalizes Systemic Risk Rule
Apr 4 2012 // The U.S. financial risk council approved a final rule on Tuesday laying out how it will decide which financial companies outside the banking industry will face new scrutiny by the Federal Reserve in hopes of preventing a...
Starr’s Greenberg: China ‘Eager to Begin Talks’ on Free Trade Pact with U.S.
Apr 4 2012 // China is eager to begin talks on a free trade pact with the United States and key leaders seem willing to step away from the state capitalism Beijing has been pursuing, a senior U.S executive with access to China’s...
Chevron, Transocean Face New Multi-billion Brazil Lawsuit; ‘Outrageous’ Say Companies
Apr 4 2012 // A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Tuesday launched his second 20 billion real ($10.9 billion) lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and driller Transocean, doubling the stakes against the companies as critics call him...
Melting Arctic May Redraw Global Geopolitical Map
Apr 3 2012 // This year’s frenzy of oil and gas exploration in newly accessible Arctic waters could be the harbinger of even starker changes to come. If, as many scientists predict, currently inaccessible sea lanes across the top...
Football Turns to Helmet Technology to Tackle Head Injuries
Apr 3 2012 // As Americans grow more aware of the risk of brain injury tied to football – the country’s most popular sport – players and coaches are experimenting with the latest technology in a bid to make the game...
Inspections Improving Mine Safety, Says U.S. Official
Apr 3 2012 // Aggressive inspections at troubled mines are helping create safer working environments for coal miners, the head of the federal government’s mine safety agency said during a visit to Kentucky. U.S. Mine Safety and...
Mass. Senate Candidate Warren Continues to Condemn AIG’s Tax Break
Apr 2 2012 // U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts continues to criticize the government for granting American International Group billions of dollars worth of tax breaks, calling it “a stealth...
Marsh Acquires Cosmos Services, a U.S. Brokerage Unit of Itochu Corp.
Apr 2 2012 // Marsh, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York-based Marsh & McLennan Companies, acquired Cosmos Services (America) Inc., the U.S. insurance brokerage subsidiary of global trading firm Itochu Corporation. Terms of the...
FDA Denies Ban on Chemical BPA Used in Baby Bottles, Food Packaging
Apr 2 2012 // U.S. health regulators denied a request to ban a chemical used in water bottles, soup cans and other food and drink packaging, saying there is not enough scientific evidence it may cause harm. The U.S. Food and Drug...
Appeals Court Hears Fraud Claim Against Goldman, TCW Over CDOs
Apr 2 2012 // A U.S. appeals court was asked on Friday to decide whether Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and TCW Asset Management Co. should have foreseen the housing market implosion that caused a $37 million loss for German state-owned...
AmWins Reportedly for Sale; CEO DeCarlo Says Firm is Recapitalizing
Apr 2 2012 // The owners of AmWINS Group Inc., the largest wholesale insurance broker in the United States by premiums placed, have put the company up for sale, expecting a valuation of about $1.5 billion, three people familiar with the...
Business Moves
Apr 2 2012 // Aon Aon Corp. stockholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal to approve the previously announced change in corporate domicile of the parent company of the Aon group of companies from Delaware to the United...
Securities Fraud Settlements in 2011 Were Lowest in Decade
Apr 2 2012 // Angry investors are seeing far fewer financial benefits from lawsuits accusing corporate America of securities fraud, but may be on the cusp of a turnaround. The number and size of securities fraud settlements that won...
BP Claims U.S. Hiding Evidence on Size of Gulf Oil Spill
Mar 30 2012 // BP Plc has accused the U.S. government of withholding evidence that may show the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was smaller than federal officials claimed, a key issue in determining the oil company’s liability. A...
MasterCard Reports Possible Security Breach
Mar 30 2012 // MasterCard Inc., the world’s second-largest debit and credit card company, said it was extending its zero-liability policy for cardholders in the United States to include all PIN-based and ATM transactions. The move...
