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Winter Weather Wallops US Farmers

Jan 10 2025 // A nasty dose of winter weather has pummeled much of the U.S. from Kansas to the East Coast, leaving many Americans to dig out of the blizzard — including farmers. And more is on the way, with the polar air expected to...

Rare Dallas Snow and Ice Ground Hundreds of Flights Across US

Jan 9 2025 // A winter storm that brought snow to Dallas and threatens the US South with ice and sleet has grounded more than 1,000 flights and is raising the risk of power outages through the region.As of 8 a.m. Dallas time Thursday,...

People Moves: Canopius Names CAC’s Burke US Head of Cyber and Technology; Gerber Hired as AXA XL’s Head of Energy Transition, Americas

Jan 9 2025 // Canopius, headquartered in Chicago, appointed Laura Burke as U.S. head of cyber and technology. Burke assumes the role after serving as the company’s executive vice president, cyber and technology, since joining...

Rising US Auto Insurance Rates Are Disproportionately Hurting Classic Car Owners:

Jan 8 2025 // The Meteoric Rise in U.S. Auto Insurance Rates is Being Subsidized by Collector Car Owners According to Classic & Collector Insurer OpenRoad Standard auto insurers continue their efforts to recover from the...

US Insurance Deals Outlook: More, More, More

Jan 8 2025 // In mid-December, PwC tallied a surge in M&A deals in the U.S. insurance industry in the second half of 2024, and predicted an active year in 2025 with brokerage and MGA deals leading the way.According to PwC’s...

Winter Storm Brings Heaviest Snowfall in a Decade to Central US

Jan 7 2025 // A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S as a disruptive winter storm brought the possibility of the heaviest snowfall in a decade to some...

Drivers Skid and Crash as Wintry Mix Blasts Central US

Jan 6 2025 // Road conditions were deteriorating over the weekend in the central U.S. as a winter storm brought a mix of snow, ice and plunging temperatures, with forecasts calling for the dreaded combo to spread eastward in the coming...

US Steel, Nippon Sue Biden Administration Over Decision to Block Merger

Jan 6 2025 // U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit they said was filed on...

US Chamber, Oil Firms Sue Vermont for Making Companies Pay for Climate Damage

Jan 6 2025 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change.The...

US Sanctions Chinese Cyber Firm Linked to Botnet Attack

Jan 6 2025 // The US Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Technology Group for its alleged role in a state-sponsored botnet attack known as Flax Typhoon.Integrity Technology, which is traded on the...

Boeing, DOJ Tell US Judge They Have Not Reached Agreement on Revised Plea Deal

Jan 6 2025 // The U.S. Justice Department and Boeing told a court on Friday they have not reached agreement on a revised plea deal after a U.S. judge in December rejected the deal, faulting a diversity and inclusion provision.Boeing and...

Computers of Senior US Treasury Leaders Accessed in Hack

Jan 3 2025 // Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the computers of senior US Treasury Department leaders as part of a recent breach of the agency, according to a US official and another person familiar with the matter.The hackers...

New Direction for U.S. Senate Budget Committee

Jan 2 2025 // The U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget is a peculiar entity. The committee was established in 1974 in response to President Richard Nixon “impounding” money allocated by Congress to prevent spending on...

Deep Freeze Will Send Some US Temperatures Plunging

Jan 2 2025 // Waves of intense cold will send temperatures plunging as much as 20F (11C) below normal across the central and eastern U.S. this month, triggering ice storms that could down power lines and snarl travel from the Midwest to...

Bernard Madoff’s Victims Collect $4.3B as US Government Fund Completes Payouts

Jan 2 2025 // A U.S. government fund to compensate people swindled by Bernard Madoff announced its tenth and final distribution on Monday, saying it will have paid out $4.3 billion to 40,930 of the late Ponzi schemer’s...

New Orleans Attack, Cybertruck Blast Raise US Security Fears

Jan 2 2025 // A gruesome attack on revelers celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans thrust US domestic security back into the spotlight just weeks before Donald Trump is sworn in as president.The tragedy, which killed at least 15...

US Dockworkers, Port Employers Set to Restart Talks Tuesday

Jan 2 2025 // Leaders from a US dockworkers’ union and the group that represents their employers are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7 as the threat of a strike looms, according to a person familiar with the...

US Treasury Says It Was Breached by Chinese-Backed Hacker

Dec 31 2024 // The US Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress on Monday.Treasury described the intrusion as a...

Though US Jobless Claims Slip, Numbers Point to Worker Scarcity

Dec 30 2024 // The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped to the lowest in a month last week, consistent with a cooling but still-healthy U.S. labor market that is likely to keep Federal Reserve officials...

Germany’s BioNTech Settles With US Agency, UPenn Over COVID Vaccine Royalties

Dec 27 2024 // BioNTech has entered into two separate settlement agreements with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the University of Pennsylvania over the payment of royalties related to its COVID-19 vaccine, the company said in...