UK Watchdog Urges Big 4 Accounting Firms to Challenge Clients as Audit Quality Slides July 15, 2020 By Hugo Miller and Michael Kapoor The dominant accounting firms must do a better job of challenging their clients in order to reach a satisfactory level...
West African Coast Re-Emerges as Hotspot for Piracy, Kidnappings: Allianz July 15, 2020 By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo The West African coast has overtaken Southeast Asia as the worst area for piracy and kidnappings reported at sea last...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Kramer in Atlanta July 15, 2020 The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has hired William Kramer to the firm’s Employee Benefits Division. Kramer has been in the...
Mississippi Mandates Masks in Parts of State as it Sees ‘Worst’ of COVID-19 Spread July 15, 2020 By Emily Wagster Pettus A mask mandate and other restrictions took effect Monday in 13 of Mississippi’s 82 counties as the state continues to...
Safety Probe Cites Mistakes by First Officer, Pilot in 2019 Amazon Cargo Plane Crash July 15, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited cockpit mistakes by the first officer and pilot in a February 2019...
Federal Judge Rejects Weinstein’s $18.9 Million Sex-Abuse Settlement July 15, 2020 By Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg A federal judge won’t give preliminary approval to a proposed $18.9 million settlement between Harvey Weinstein and nine women who...
Damage Analysis of 2017-2018 California Wildfires Keys on Mitigation July 15, 2020 New findings point to need for home improvements that resist embers, the cause of up to 90 percent of wildfire...
How Coronavirus Pandemic Has Disrupted Both Millennials and Boomers July 15, 2020 By Dan Sewell Millennials, are taking a big hit — again. And boomers are not OK, either. Sometimes at odds, America’s two largest...
Massachusetts Sues Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees July 15, 2020 By Tina Bellon Massachusetts on Tuesday followed California in suing Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc. over allegedly misclassifying their drivers as independent...
Judge Denies NRA Bid to Block Regulatory Hearing on Its Gun Liability Insurance July 15, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson The National Rifle Association will have to appear for a regulatory hearing over allegations it violated New York law by...