US Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have No Consistent Protection August 28, 2023 By Gabe Stern Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico...
Billion-Dollar Satellite Risks Upending Space Insurance August 28, 2023 By Todd Shields and Loren Grush Viasat Inc. has more than $1 billion of orbiting satellites in trouble, and space insurers are girding for market-rattling claims....
Yale Settles Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against Students With Mental Health Issues August 28, 2023 Yale University and a student group announced Friday that they’ve reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that accused the...
3M Agrees to Pay More Than $5.5 Billion Over Military Earplugs August 28, 2023 By Jef Feeley and Ryan Beene 3M Co. has tentatively agreed to pay more than $5.5 billion to resolve over 300,000 lawsuits claiming it sold the...
NHTSA Proposing New Rules to Encourage Seat Belt Use by All Vehicle Passengers August 28, 2023 The Department of Transportation is proposing new rules designed to encourage seat belt use by car and truck passengers, including...
US Corn Harvest Is in Trouble August 25, 2023 By Tarso Veloso, Millie Munshi and Michael Hirtzer Sagging ears just short of maturity, cobs half bare of kernels as if nibbled, earth so dry that deep cracks...
People Moves: Hunter Leads New Axis Inland Marine Unit; Patel Joins Socotra as Chief Product and Technology Officer August 25, 2023 Axis Launches North American Inland Marine Unit Led by Hunter Kristen Hunter joined AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke,...
Business Lobby Struggles to Thwart SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules August 25, 2023 By Katrina Manson Business lobbyists are struggling to soften new US Securities and Exchange Commission rules that require publicly traded companies to quickly...
Tesla Investors to Get About $12,000 Apiece in Musk’s SEC Deal August 25, 2023 By Bob Van Voris A group of Tesla Inc. investors stands to recover an average of about $12,000 a head for losses they incurred...
Tornado Cash Founders Charged by US in Money Laundering Scheme August 25, 2023 By Bob Van Voris and Allyson Versprille Two founders of Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixing service that has been under scrutiny by various US agencies for more...