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Business Lobby Looks to Soften Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Sep 16 2011 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has put reshaping a U.S. anti-bribery law near the top of its legislative wish list, setting up a battle pitting the powerful business lobby group against supporters of the statute who say it...
US Data Center Study Finds Arctic Ice Melts to Second Lowest Level Ever
Sep 16 2011 // Sea ice on the Arctic Ocean shrank to its second-smallest extent since modern records began, in keeping with a long-term trend, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Thursday. The annual sea ice minimum was...
DuPont Wins $919M in Kevlar Trade Secrets Claim
Sep 15 2011 // A U.S. federal jury awarded DuPont $919.9 million in damages Wednesday, ruling that a South Korean company stole trade secrets for a fiber used to make Kevlar bulletproof vests. DuPont said the Richmond, Virginia, jury...
U.S. Report Pins Most Blame for Gulf Oil Spill on BP
Sep 15 2011 // The United States heaped the lion’s share of blame for the country’s biggest ever offshore oil spill on BP Wednesday as the government issued its final assessment of last year’s Gulf disaster. In a report...
Lloyd’s Syndicate Sues Saudi Arabia for $215M Over 9/11 Claims
Sep 15 2011 // Lloyd’s of London’s Syndicate 3500 filed a federal lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, several Saudi charity and financial organizations and prominent Saudi individuals over 9/11 terror attacks. The insurer said...
ISO, Willis RE to Offer ISO Risk Analyzer Predictive Models in the U.S.
Sep 14 2011 // Property/casualty insurance analytics provider ISO and Willis Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, have formed a joint marketing relationship for ISO Risk Analyzer products...
Oklahoma Insurance Broker to Seek U.S. House Post
Sep 14 2011 // A former state lawmaker is officially jumping into the crowded Republican primary for the open U.S. House seat in eastern Oklahoma. Former state Rep. Wayne Pettigrew formally announced his candidacy in his hometown of...
U.S. Court Fight May Not Solve Chinese Accounting Mess
Sep 14 2011 // U.S. regulators appear to be on strong footing in a legal battle over a Chinese auditor’s work papers, though their ability to act may have limits and a victory in court may not resolve a widening international...
U.S. Safety Board Pushes for Trucker Cellphone Ban
Sep 14 2011 // The U.S. government should ban truckers from using cellphones while driving except in emergencies, transportation safety investigators said on Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendation came...
U.S. Report on BP Oil Spill Imminent
Sep 14 2011 // A U.S. government team investigating last year’s massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will blame BP and its contractors for mistakes that led to the disaster in a report expected out as early as Wednesday, according to...
Federal Judge Rejects Health Insurance Mandate in Latest Case
Sep 14 2011 // A federal judge in Pennsylvania said the insurance-buying mandate in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is unconstitutional, the latest ruling over an issue likely to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme...
RMS Estimates Irene Insured Losses At Up to $5.5 Billion
Sep 13 2011 // Hurricane Irene caused between $2.5 billion and $5.5 billion in insured losses in the United States and the Caribbean, excluding flood claims that fall under federal insurance programs, catastrophe modeling company RMS...
Hacker Group Not So Anonymous Anymore
Sep 13 2011 // The computer hackers, chat room denizens and young people who comprise the loosely affiliated Internet collective known as Anonymous have increasingly turned to questionable tactics, drawing the attention of the FBI, the...
Fitzpatrick to Head U.S. Retail for Endurance Specialty
Sep 12 2011 // Sean M. Fitzpatrick is joining Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. in the new role of president and head of U.S. property/casualty retail insurance. Fitzpatrick will be responsible for expanding...
Oklahoma Seeks Waiver on Health Care Insurance MLR Requirement
Sep 9 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak is seeking a waiver on a major provision of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Doak requested an adjustment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Court Tosses Virginia Challenge to Healthcare Law
Sep 9 2011 // A U.S. appeals court handed President Barack Obama a victory for his signature healthcare law Thursday, ruling against challenges by the state of Virginia and others seeking to invalidate the law as unconstitutional. The...
East Coast Quake Shook US Nuclear Plant Twice as Hard as Design Allowed
Sep 8 2011 // Preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows last month’s record earthquake in the eastern United States may have shaken a Dominion Resources nuclear plant twice as hard it was designed to withstand, a...
Hurricane Center Tracking 3 Atlantic Storms: Katia, Maria and Nate
Sep 8 2011 // It’s a busy time of year for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The NHC is currently following one hurricane – Katia, and two tropical storms – Maria and Nate. Katia is following the previously forecast...
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Arsons, Attempted Murder
Sep 7 2011 // Steven Scott Cantrell, of Crane, Texas, pled guilty to hate crime charges stemming from a series of racially-motivated arsons in December 2010, including the arson of a historic African-American church as part of an effort...
Central Texas Fires Slowly Being Contained but Blazes Continue Across State
Sep 7 2011 // Three out of four of the main fires burning on the outskirts of Texas’ capitol city, Austin, have been mostly contained, officials say, but the largest and most destructive blazes in Bastrop County are only about 30...
