EEOC Spells Out How Disabilities Act Applies to Pregnant Workers July 23, 2014 By Tom Raum New federal guidelines on job discrimination against pregnant workers could have a big impact on the workplace and in the...
Financial Firms Want More Time to Review U.S. Consumer Complaint Proposal July 23, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson The federal government is proposing a new policy that would allow consumers to publicly post their complaints about consumer financial...
Rains Good, Lightning Bad for Biggest Wildfire in Washington History July 22, 2014 By Don Jergler People afflicted by the massive Carlton Complex fires in north-central Washington may get some relief tonight and over the next...
Same Day, Different Court Obamacare Subsidies Upheld July 22, 2014 By Andrew Zajac Two U.S. appeals courts reached opposite conclusions on the legality of a key financing provision of the Affordable Care Act,...
Apollo’s Life Insurance Unit Athene Holding Said to Be Examined for Caesars Link July 22, 2014 By Christopher Palmeri and Greg Farrell Apollo Global Management LLC’s dual stakes in an insurer and the largest operator of U.S. casinos are drawing scrutiny by...
Fired Oregon Police Chief Sues City Over Military Service July 22, 2014 The recently fired police chief of a central Oregon town says he was undone by an ambitious deputy who had...
Alabama’s Volunteer Fire Departments Not Alone in Recruiting Struggles July 22, 2014 By Greg Phillips, The Dothan Eagle They’re often the first ones on the scene of major emergencies, but their numbers appear to be dwindling. Volunteer firefighters...
Florida Frets That With Proposed Rate Cut, Citizens Could Be Too Competitive July 22, 2014 By Michael Adams Florida’s state-backed property insurer’s proposed rate reduction is raising questions about whether it will make the insurer competitive with the...
Travelers Posts $683M Q2 Profit, Misses Estimates as Catastrophe Losses Rise July 22, 2014 Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos. Inc.’s quarterly earnings fell short of analysts’ estimates as hail and wind storms in...
Court Orders Travelers to Pay $500M in Johns-Manville Asbestos Claims July 22, 2014 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Travelers Cos. Inc. to pay more than $500 million to satisfy asbestos-related claims...