All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 22 2025 // Megan Greene, one of the Bank of England’s most hawkish policymakers, said Donald Trump’s wave of global tariffs is more likely to weigh on prices in the UK than it is to stoke higher inflation.In an interview...
Apr 22 2025 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. plans to invest as much as about ¥700 billion ($5 billion) to expand in the North American market, to meet its goal of doubling operating profits in the region, according to its...
Apr 22 2025 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a proposed data privacy class action against Shopify, a decision that could make it easier for American courts to assert jurisdiction over internet-based platforms.In a 10-1 decision,...
Apr 22 2025 // Walgreens has agreed to pay $300 million to settle U.S. prosecutors’ allegations that it illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, the U.S. Justice Department...
Apr 21 2025 // A multiday severe weather outbreak in the central U.S. caused an estimated $80 billion to $90 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather.From April 2 to April 6, a rare...
Apr 21 2025 // U.S. and Canada auto sales could decline by 1.8 million vehicles this year and be stagnant over the next decade if the global trade war escalates, a Detroit-area automotive advisory firm forecasts.If the current tariffs...
Apr 17 2025 // U.S. officials will extend support for 11 months for a database of cyber weaknesses that plays a critical role in fighting bugs and hacks, a spokesperson said on Wednesday, just as the funding was due to run out.The...
Apr 16 2025 // The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the London market – which could help counteract some possible headwinds, according to a...
Apr 16 2025 // Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumberg, Illinois, hired Jeannie Sullivan as head of technology for its U.S. middle market team. She will report to Stan Bernard, head of industry practices for U.S. middle market...
Apr 15 2025 // New analysis indicates there were 1796 confirmed tornadoes in 2024, the second highest on record, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center.The busy tornado season was driven by an active April and May in the...
Apr 15 2025 // A legal advocacy group on Monday asked the U.S. Court of International Trade to block President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, arguing the president overstepped his authority.The lawsuit...
Apr 15 2025 // China accused a US spy agency of hacking the Asian Winter Games held this year in Harbin, and took the unusual step of identifying individuals it thinks are responsible.The US National Security Agency’s Office of...
Apr 11 2025 // Josh Yoder, a fifth-generation farmer in Ohio, has been watching gyrations in the crop markets as Donald Trump moved to dramatically escalate his trade war with China this week. Yoder is still an ardent Trump supporter,...
Apr 10 2025 // “Drill, baby, drill” may be Texas’s unofficial motto, but “store, baby, store” is becoming more accurate.The Lone Star State may be the heart of America’s oil and gas map, but it’s...
Apr 9 2025 // Hackers intercepted about 103 bank regulators’ emails for more than a year, gaining access to highly sensitive financial information, according to two people familiar with the matter and a draft letter to Congress...
Apr 9 2025 // With the Los Angeles fires in January and last week’s severe storms that brought flooding and tornadoes to the Midwest, extreme weather is already battering US homes in 2025. Homeowners should expect their insurance...
Apr 9 2025 // Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, expanded its U.S. construction team with five new hires who will join Allianz Commercial’s Master Builder’s Risk team by mid-April.Kristen Hoskinson was...
Apr 8 2025 // U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told U.S. senators on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration has no plans to change tactics on the global tariff program in the near term, prompting some light...
Apr 7 2025 // A multiday severe weather outbreak in the central U.S. caused an estimated $80 billion to $90 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather.From April 2 to April 6, a rare...
Apr 7 2025 // resident Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans battered global markets again on Monday after he said foreign governments would have to pay “a lot of money” to get the levies removed, while U.S. stocks got...