Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry Chief Seeks Immunity for Corporate Witnesses February 10, 2020 By Danica Kirka The chairman of the inquiry into a London apartment building fire that killed 72 people wrote Britain’s attorney general Thursday...
Coronavirus Update: Deaths Surpass 900; World Health Experts Head to Beijing February 9, 2020 By Ryan Woo BEIJING, Feb 10 — An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for...
Italian Investor Group Exor Weighs Sale of PartnerRe to France’s Covea February 9, 2020 Investment group Exor, which controls carmaker Fiat Chrysler, is in exclusive talks to sell reinsurer PartnerRe to France’s Covea in...
Prudential in Talks to Fully Control China Venture; Weighs Sale of U.S. Business February 7, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Sinead Cruise Prudential is in talks that could lead to it taking full control of its 50:50 joint venture with China’s CITIC...
Coronavirus Hits Trade Fairs, Industry Conferences February 7, 2020 Feb 7 (Reuters) – Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed...
Canadian Privacy Official Seeks Court Ruling Against Facebook February 7, 2020 By Moira Warburton Canada’s privacy commissioner asked a federal court to declare that Facebook had broken federal privacy law for the private sector,...
Brazil Gives Tobacco Firms Deadline for Replying to Smoking Damages Lawsuit February 7, 2020 The world’s largest cigarette makers, British American Tobacco Plc and Philip Morris International, will have until early March to defend...
Canada Orders Speed Limits on Trains After Canadian Pacific Railway Fire February 7, 2020 By David Ljunggren OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canada said on Thursday it would impose temporary speed limits on trains hauling dangerous goods after a...
Germany’s HDI Group Acquires Cyber Specialist Perseus February 6, 2020 The HDI Group has acquired Berlin-based Perseus Technologies GmbH, a start-up that has specialized in the prevention of cyber risks...
Hong Kong Insurers Say Sales Have Fallen to ‘Almost Nothing’ Due to Coronavirus February 6, 2020 For Hong Kong insurers, the coronavirus outbreak is a second blow. Already reeling from at-times violent demonstrations that slowed the...