Brazil Rejects Vale, BHP Settlement Offer for Deadly 2015 Mining Disaster May 6, 2024 Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the...
Southern Brazil Hit by Worst Floods in Over 80 Years, Killing at Least 39 People May 6, 2024 By Gabriela Sá Pessoa Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing,...
GSK, Boehringer Put Profits Over User Safety, Zantac Jury Told May 6, 2024 By Jef Feeley Drugmakers GSK Plc and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH prioritized profits over consumer safety by hiding the cancer risks of their once-blockbuster...
Biden Vetoes Bid to Repeal US Labor Board Rule on Contract, Franchise Workers May 6, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a...
Florida Saw Jump in Workers’ Comp Cost per Claim in 2022-23, WCRI Report Shows May 6, 2024 By William Rabb Call it the effects of wage creep during the pandemic, along with a little bit of creep in the duration...
Maryland Hospitality Firm Settles Employee Pregnancy Discrimination, Firing Suit May 6, 2024 Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated...
Hub Acquires Williams Insurance Services in California May 6, 2024 Hub International Ltd. acquired Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services Inc. Merriwether & Williams has locations in San Francisco and Los...
New York Restricts Sale of Weight-Loss and Muscle-Building Supplements to Minors May 6, 2024 By Maysoon Khan It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York, under a first-in-the-nation law that went...
New Vehicle Registrations in California Rose, While Tesla Registrations Dropped Again May 6, 2024 The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the...
Inszone Insurance Acquires Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals in Washington May 6, 2024 Inszone Insurance Services acquired Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals LLC, a multi-member managed broker agency in Pasco, Washington. Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals was...