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How Liberty Mutual Did in Q3
Nov 4 2016 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. and its subsidiaries reported net income of $455 million and $863 million for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2016, respectively, versus a $427 million loss and $103 million gain for...
Amazon Drivers Deliver ‘Joint Employer’ Claims Against E-commerce Giant
Nov 4 2016 // Amazon.com was sued by Illinois delivery drivers who say the company failed to pay them overtime for hauling its goods. Among the questions the judge will have to answer? Whether they actually worked for...
Uber Settles Claims of Sexual Assault by Drivers
Nov 4 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. settled a lawsuit filed by two women who sought to hold the company responsible for alleged sexual assaults by drivers. Terms of the accord weren’t disclosed in court papers. The settlement...
Climate Change Is Major Concern for 78% of SMEs: Zurich Report
Nov 4 2016 // Climate change is a major concern for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Zurich Insurance Group’s fourth annual global SME survey. Almost four-fifths (78 percent) of SMEs surveyed expected risks...
Farmers to Pay $225K to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Case in California
Nov 3 2016 // Farmers Insurance Exchange will pay $225,000 to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Northern California, the federal agency announced. The suit...
Suit against Washington Shoemaker over Use of Marathoner’s Name Dismissed
Nov 3 2016 // The maker of a popular line of minimalist running shoes doesn’t have to pay damages for naming some of its models after Abebe Bikila, the legendary Ethiopian runner who won the 1960 Olympics marathon barefoot, a...
Pennsylvania Drivers Third Most Likely in U.S. to Have Deer-Related Accidents
Nov 3 2016 // Figures compiled by State Farm Insurance show that Pennsylvania drivers are the third most likely of motorists in any state to have a collision with a deer, having a one in 67 chance of a deer-related accident. With this...
National Labor Board Urges Court to Block Uber Arbitration Agreement
Nov 3 2016 // The U.S. labor-protection watchdog is taking sides with Uber Technologies Inc. drivers in their fight to be treated better than independent contractors. As part of a broader review of how gig-economy companies treat...
Texas Woman Claims Injuries Caused by Takata Airbag, Sues Honda
Nov 2 2016 // A Texas woman has sued American Honda Motor Co Inc. and the U.S. subsidiary of airbag maker Takata Corporation for at least $1 million, claiming that she was badly injured in a low-speed car accident because the propellant...
Alabama Pipeline Explosion Update: 1 Death Reported, Pipeline to Restart Saturday
Nov 2 2016 // This story is an update to an earlier one updating the worker injuries and one fatality. The owner of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline said it may resume service on its gasoline line at noon local time Saturday after an...
House Republicans Question Volkswagen Penalties for Diesel Pollution
Nov 2 2016 // Two senior U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday asked environmental regulators to answer questions about Volkswagen AG’s diesel emissions settlements, including disclosing how the government calculated the penalties...
Supreme Court Weighs Garment Design Copyright in Cheerleader Outfit Case
Nov 1 2016 // On a day when millions of people dress up in costumes, the eight justices of the U.S. Supreme Court spent part of their Halloween discussing cheerleader outfits in a closely watched case involving what copyright...
McDonald’s to Pay $3.75 Million to California Workers for Back Pay, Damages
Nov 1 2016 // McDonald’s Corp has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it was liable for labor law violations by a California franchisee, marking what lawyers said was the first time the company has settled...
What Latest U.S. Statistics on Nonfatal Workplace Injuries Reveal
Oct 31 2016 // Private employers reported approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2015, or about 48,000 fewer than in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That translates into a rate of...
Entrepreneur Shuts Startup After U.S. Questions Safety of Self-Driving Kit
Oct 31 2016 // Self-driving cars are getting closer by the day, but they won’t be coming from hacking phenomenon George Hotz. Hotz, the first person to jailbreak an iPhone and a vagabond of the world’s top tech companies, has...
UK Uber Drivers’ Court Victory Over Pay Could Rejigger Gig Economy
Oct 31 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost a lawsuit over pay and vacation time for U.K. drivers at the car-sharing service in a ruling that could change how workers are treated in the country’s burgeoning gig economy. Three London...
Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction Highest When Agents File Claims
Oct 31 2016 // Eight of 10 customers who purchased their auto insurance policy through a local agent still call their agent first to report or seek advice regarding a claim and customers whose agents file their claim are happier with...
Drought in Southeast States Wreaking Havoc on Crops, Increasing Fire Risk
Oct 31 2016 // Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels in years across much of the South. The very worst conditions – what forecasters call...
Drought Committee Address Dryness in Western Carolinas as Floods Subside
Oct 28 2016 // As the last river finally falls below major flood stage near the coast, a rapidly worsening drought is killing crops and causing hard-to-fight wildfires in rugged terrain in western North Carolina and South Carolina. The...
Court Disqualifies 1 of 2 Medical Marijuana Proposals on Arkansas Ballot
Oct 28 2016 // Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, but voters will still be able to consider a...
