After Sandy: Poll Finds ‘Social Resilience’ Key to Coping With Disasters October 28, 2014 By Emily C. Dooley Neighbor helping neighbor. Trust in a community. Looking out for each other. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research...
The Hartford Offers Lump-Sum Pension Buyouts to 13,500 Former Workers October 28, 2014 By Zachary Tracer Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is working to reduce its retirement obligations by paying former employees to give up their...
2 Years After Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for Next Big Storm? October 27, 2014 By Jennifer Peltz and Wayne Parry After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn’t happen again....
Ebola: NYC Had Jump-Start, Dallas Had to Learn Fast October 27, 2014 By David B. Caruso and Lauran Neergaard The contrast in handling two Ebola diagnoses in New York and Dallas highlights how differently U.S. cities and hospitals prepare...
Report on Infrastructure Upgrades Since Superstorm Sandy October 27, 2014 By Jennifer Peltz and Wayne Parry Two years after Superstorm Sandy, would New York and New Jersey be better protected and prepared if such a storm...
Amica CEO DiMuccio Receives NAACP Award in Rhode Island October 27, 2014 Amica Mutual Insurance Co. in Lincoln, Rhode Island, announced that Robert A. DiMuccio, chairman, president and chief executive officer of...
Judge Dismisses Mass. AG Coakley’s Federal Housing Lawsuit October 24, 2014 By Steve LeBlanc A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley against the Federal Housing Finance Agency...
GAO Report Finds SBA Didn’t Meet Timeliness Goal for Sandy Loans October 24, 2014 A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that following Superstorm Sandy, the U.S. Small Business...
Donegal Group’s Q3 Net Income Rises 14% to $8.7M October 24, 2014 Donegal Group Inc. in Marietta, Pennsylvania, today posted $8.749 million net income for the company’s 2014 third quarter, a 14.3...
CDC ‘Go’ Team Sprints to New York as City Faces First Ebola Case October 23, 2014 By Caroline Chen and John Lauerman Start packing for New York, the “go” team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was told. A...