When a cyberattack on Change Healthcare paralyzed much of the US health-care system, some lawmakers saw it as proof its parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., was too big. UnitedHealth Chief Ex...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp now faces a demand for $30 billion from victims of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day wildfires, an escalation of a legal onslaught on the largest grid operator in t...
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Progressive Insurance aims to hire thousands to support several years of year-over-year growth, according to a media statement. At Progressive, the company is looking for qualified candidates wit...
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Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA” order. Williams-Sonoma was charged with advertising multiple...
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A simulated cyber catastrophe highlights the benefits and problems cyber insurance carriers will encounter as a result, according to a report released by Lockton Re. The report, “A Kaleidoscope...
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Mining giants BHP Group and Vale SA offered to pay Brazil about $25.7 billion in total compensation for a 2015 tailings dam disaster at their joint-venture iron ore complex. The offer comes as th...
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State Street Corp. and the artist it commissioned to create Wall Street’s sculpture have settled a 2019 lawsuit on the eve of trial. The bank, which commissioned the artwork, was set to square ...
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Apollo Global Management Inc. bet on the longevity of senior citizens by acquiring illegal life insurance policies and funneling the payouts through shell entities, according to a new lawsuit. Th...
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The Florida Supreme Court has given auto insurers more flexibility in reducing payments for medical services under the state’s no-fault auto insurance law and may have finally put to rest years...
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States across the Great Plains in the US are bracing for possible severe thunderstorms — which may include tornadoes and hail. The areas at risk include parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Miss...
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Sixty-five percent of North American business leaders fear this election year will impact their ability to trade internationally, with 32% of U.S. leaders saying political risk is their number on...
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A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge. Stat...
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HomeServices of America, a real estate brokerage owned by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit taking aim at agent commissions industrywide. The brokerage agreed t...
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The top US auto-safety regulator is again investigating Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot, this time over whether a fix deployed months ago did enough to stop people from misusing the system. The National...
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Warren Buffett’s warning that wildfires have turned utilities across the western US into risky investments is mistaken — at least in California, according to the head of the state’s largest...
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