$1.5B Dike Repair Finally Done at Florida’s Okeechobee, Protecting Thousands of Home January 27, 2023 After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project was officially completed to repair the sprawling dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that...
Report on Mass Shootings Urges Workplace Violence Prevention Plans January 27, 2023 By Rebecca Santana As the nation reels from a week of high-profile shootings, a new report on mass attacks calls for communities to...
‘A Tale of Two Halves’ for 2022’s Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions January 27, 2023 Last year was a tale of two halves for insurance mergers and acquisitions. OPTIS Partners reports 987 agency mergers and...
CFOs Now Occupy Hottest Seat in Boardroom and Most Acute Labor Shortage January 27, 2023 It’s not just truck drivers and nurses. The most acute labor shortage for many companies right now is the chief...
U.S. Says It ‘Hacked the Hackers’ to Bring Down Hive Ransomware Gang January 27, 2023 By Sarah N. Lynch and Raphael Satter The FBI on Thursday revealed it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that...
British Financial Services Damaged by Slow Supervisors, Report Warns January 27, 2023 By Huw Jones Britain’s regulators can be slow, inefficient and unpredictable, raising costs and slowly damaging the financial sector’s global competitiveness, industry body...
Amazon Rainforest Is Deteriorating Too Fast for Species and Climate to Adapt: Reports January 27, 2023 By Carly Wanna Two new scientific review articles by international teams of researchers paint a bleak picture of the state of the Amazon...
EU Eyes $100/Barrel Cap on Russian Premium Oil Products in Next Round of Sanctions January 27, 2023 The European Commission is proposing that the EU set a $100 per barrel price cap on premium Russian oil products...
British Motor Insurer Direct Line’s CEO James Steps Down January 27, 2023 Direct Line Insurance Group’s chief executive of nearly four years, Penny James, will step down with immediate effect after the...
Tesla, Insurers Address Expensive Repairs in Sharply Different Ways January 27, 2023 By Paul Lienert Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicles are expensive to repair – so much so that the automaker and insurers are addressing the...