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...
China’s Coronavirus Deaths, Infections Rise; Supply Chains, Production, Travel Disrupted February 6, 2020 By David Stanway China’s fast-moving coronavirus spread among passengers of a quarantined Japanese cruise liner on Thursday and dragged down production at more...
Uber Wins Ruling That Drivers Are Not Employees in Brazil, Its 2d Biggest Market February 6, 2020 A Brazilian higher court for labor ruled on Wednesday that there was no employment relationship between Uber and its drivers,...
Nissan Autonomous Car Completes 230-Mile Journey in Britain February 6, 2020 By Costas Pitas CRANFIELD, England – A Nissan car has completed a 230-mile journey autonomously in Britain, the longest and most complex such...
Axa in Talks to Sell Eastern, Central European Business to Austria’s Uniqa February 5, 2020 By Jan-Henrik Förster and Eyk Henning Axa SA is in advanced talks to sell its central and eastern European operations to Austria’s Uniqa Insurance Group AG,...
Britain’s Insurance Sector Urged to Compete by Selectively Diverging from EU Rules February 5, 2020 By Huw Jones A senior official from Britain’s insurance sector on Wednesday laid out the case for selective divergence from EU rules to...