Today’s Older Employees Not a Retiring Bunch May 9, 2017 By Stan Choe Retire by your mid-60s? How 1960s. More Americans age 65 and over are still punching the clock, and the last...
United Airlines Pressured to Pay Damages Over Death of Giant Rabbit May 9, 2017 By Dan Whitcomb The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who was found dead after a United Airlines flight demanded on Monday...
Digital Property Inspection Startup Spex Gains J.S. Held as Backer May 8, 2017 J.S. Held, a Jericho, N.Y.-based construction and property damage consulting firm, said it has become a majority owner in Spex,...
Kimberly-Clark Sues to Force Spinoff to Pay $350 Million Surgical Garb Damages May 8, 2017 By Jef Feeley Kimberly-Clark Corp. sued its spinoff Halyard Health Inc. claiming it wrongfully refused to pick up the entire tab for a...
JLT Specialty Names Nichols as Senior Vice President May 8, 2017 JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, announced the appointment of Grant Nichols as senior vice...
Securities Class Action Activity Remains High: Cornerstone Research May 8, 2017 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement activity remained elevated through the first half of fiscal year 2017, according to...
Berkshire’s $10 Billion Deal wth AIG Attractive Because It’s Risky: Munger May 8, 2017 By Sonali Basak and Noah Buhayar Charles Munger, the vice chairman of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said the decision to take on insurance liabilities from...
Agency Organic Growth Fell in Q1: Reagan May 8, 2017 Agencies and brokerage firms reported that their organic growth fell to 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2017, the...
Berkshire’s Buffett Says Republican Health Plan Is Tax Cut for Wealthy May 8, 2017 By Trevor Hunnicutt Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett on Saturday fumed that healthcare costs are eating away at the U.S. economy like...
Insurance Losses Erode Berkshire Hathaway Q1 Profit May 7, 2017 Berkshire Hathaway Inc , the conglomerate run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, reported a 27 percent decline in first-quarter profit...