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Reuters Special Report: J&J Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades

Dec 17 2018 // Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why.She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a...

A Desire to Leave the World Better Than He Found It: Acts of Generosity from AIG’s Founder C.V. Starr

Dec 17 2018 // Cornelius Vander Starr had many identities, including American entrepreneur, successful businessman, salesman, fearless world traveler and business pioneer. As the founder of what is now American International Group, he...

UN Talks Seeking Climate Rulebook Reflect U.S.-China Tension

Dec 14 2018 // China accused some of the richest nations in the world of “backsliding” on pledges to clean up pollution and provide $100 billion a year in climate-related aid by 2020.The comments at a United Nations...

U.S. Warns on Uptick in Chinese Hacking Setting Stage for Future Attacks

Dec 11 2018 // A senior U.S. intelligence official warned on Tuesday that Chinese cyber activity in the United States had risen in recent months, and the targeting of critical infrastructure in such operations suggested an attempt to lay...

Chinese Manufacturer Ninebot’s Dominance Has Startups Sharing Scooter Product Risks

Dec 6 2018 // Scooter-sharing company Lime recently relayed a troubling message to its users: a portion of its fleet was at risk of bursting into flames.The startup recalled about 2,000 vehicles, less than one percent of its scooters,...

Macquarie Pursues 3-Way Joint Venture in China Under New Rule

Dec 3 2018 // Macquarie Group Ltd. is in advanced talks to create a majority-owned securities joint-venture firm in China, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest international bank seeking to establish itself in one of...

G20 Skirts Taboos in Reaching Agreement on WTO Reforms

Dec 3 2018 // Many delegates from the world’s 20 largest economies arrived at a summit in Argentina this week determined to clinch an agreement to reform the global trade system, pushed to a breaking point by tensions between the...

Explosion at ChemChina’s Hebei Plant Caused by Gas Leak

Nov 30 2018 // A gas leak at a plant owned by a ChemChina subsidiary caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 this week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday.PVC producer Hebei Shenghua...

AXA to Buy Remaining 50% Stake in AXA Tianping for China Growth

Nov 28 2018 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with the current domestic shareholders of AXA Tianping Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Ltd. to acquire the remaining 50 percent stake of the company.Total consideration...

Hong Kong M&As Slump in 2018 with Insurance Sector Deals Hardest Hit

Nov 28 2018 // Mergers and acquisitions targeting Hong Kong financial firms have slumped this year, with insurance sector deals particularly hard hit, as China’s moves to tighten capital controls and crack down on corporate debt...

China’s Ping An Invests $47M in German Fintech Incubator Finleap

Nov 19 2018 // Ping An Insurance Group Co., China’s biggest insurer by market value, led investors in injecting 41.5 million euros ($47 million) into Germany’s Finleap GmbH in its latest round of funding.The Chinese...

China Eyes Allowing Foreign Insurers to Own Local Joint Ventures: Sources

Nov 19 2018 // China will accept applications early next year from foreign insurers seeking to take control of their local joint ventures and is even weighing giving them full ownership earlier than flagged, people with direct knowledge...

Anxious Farmers Look to Lame Duck Congress to Pass Safety Net Farm Bill

Nov 13 2018 // U.S. soybean farmer Mike Schlosser does not expect President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, the single biggest headwind to his business, to end any time soon. But he is among many in farm country who expect at...

Standard Club Asia, Ping An to Jointly Offer P&I Cover for China’s Shipowners

Nov 9 2018 // The Standard Club Asia Ltd., managed by Charles Taylor Mutual Management (Asia) Pte Ltd., entered into a cooperation agreement with Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Co. of China Ltd.Under the terms of the...

BHP Expects Interruption to Australia Iron Ore Exports After Train Derailment

Nov 7 2018 // Mining giant BHP Billiton expects some interruption to its Australian iron ore exports after a nearly 3-km-long train loaded with the commodity was forcibly derailed this week after running away en route to a key shipping...

Lego Wins New Intellectual Property Lawsuit in China

Nov 6 2018 // Lego A/S has won a new intellectual property lawsuit in China after a court agreed with the Danish toy manufacturer that local companies had copied its building blocks and miniature figures under the LEPIN brand.The...

China’s Biggest Insurer, Ping An, Plans $2B IPO of Health Tech Unit

Nov 1 2018 // Ping An Insurance Group Co., China’s biggest insurer by market value, is planning a Hong Kong initial public offering of its health-care technology unit that could raise about $2 billion, people with knowledge of the...

Typhoon Yutu Slams into Philippines, Traveling Path of Super Storm Mangkhut

Oct 30 2018 // Typhoon Yutu slammed into northern Philippines on Tuesday and is traveling a path similar to last month’s super storm Mangkhut that killed at least 82 people and damaged about $500 million of farm output in the...

Boeing 737 Max, Operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, Crashes with 189 on Board

Oct 29 2018 // A Boeing Co. 737 Max jet, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, crashed in the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the model’s first accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three...

China’s Swine Fever Outbreaks Blamed on Feeding Kitchen Waste to Pigs

Oct 25 2018 // China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it would ban the feeding of kitchen waste to pigs after linking the practice to the majority of the early cases of African swine fever.The statement from the Ministry of...