March 25, 2022
A court ruling allowing Johnson & Johnson to use a controversial bankruptcy strategy to force cancer victims into potential settlement talks has raised the odds that other companies facing costly product-liability claims like 3M Co., and Dow Inc. may follow …
March 25, 2022
U.S. regulators on Thursday delayed requirements to consider greenhouse gas emissions before approvals of gas projects, after lawmakers complained the policy would harm the industry just when European allies need gas due to the crisis in Ukraine. Federal Energy Regulatory …
March 25, 2022
One of the largest restaurant chains in the U.S. said that more than 13,000 employees missed work in January, due to the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, owner of Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and other restaurants, said …
March 24, 2022
Baby formula maker Abbott failed to maintain sanitary conditions and procedures at the Michigan manufacturing plant recently linked to a cluster of infant illnesses, according to findings released Tuesday by federal safety inspectors. The Food and Drug Administration posted its …
March 24, 2022
In an “extraordinary remedy” of a judgment from a year ago, a federal court judge in Minnesota reversed a decision that Target Corp. was not entitled to insurance coverage from Chubb for costs the retailer incurred to replace payment cards …
March 24, 2022
A day after U.S. President Joe Biden issued a stark warning that a Russian cyberattack “is coming,” members of his administration hosted a three-hour call with about 13,000 people representing businesses, public agencies and other organizations to discuss the potential …
March 24, 2022
U.S. securities regulators say they have legal authority to subpoena Tesla and CEO Elon Musk about his tweets, and that Musk’s move to throw out a 2018 court agreement that his tweets be pre-approved is not valid. The Securities and …
March 24, 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Names Top Leaders Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced Sanjay Godhwani has been named president, North America region, and David Bresnahan will take on the role of global chief operating officer. Peter Eastwood, president and CEO, …
March 24, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers investigating a string of hacks against technology companies, including Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp., have traced the attacks to a 16-year-old living at his mother’s house near Oxford, England. Four researchers investigating the hacking group Lapsus$, on behalf …
March 23, 2022
U.S. drillers and refiners will likely need to report estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the cars, trucks, planes and ships that use their fuel if a rule proposed by U.S. regulators on Monday passes later this year, according to industry …