All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 18 2015 // In late October 2013, Panera Bread Co., the national chain of restaurants that specializes in healthy soups and baked goods, prepared a news release to announce it was adjusting its earnings expectations downward for the...
Aug 18 2015 // Fixing the tax code for U.S. businesses will be at the forefront when Congress returns from vacation next month, with many lawmakers focusing on “C” corporations, despite new data showing a continuing decline...
Aug 18 2015 // For people working for a small business that doesn’t have a retirement plan, help is on the way.Roughly half of the U.S. states are working to create government-sponsored automatic individual retirement account (IRA)...
Aug 17 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice,Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. He joins the firm from Aon, where he...
Aug 17 2015 // U.S. lawmakers are considering steps to reverse a disturbing rise in illegal drone flights, including new government enforcement tools to crack down on rogue flyers, especially near airports, according to people familiar...
Aug 17 2015 // Arab Bank Plc has agreed to settle litigation brought by hundreds of Americans who accused it of facilitating militant attacks in Israel, nearly a year after a U.S. jury found the bank liable.The settlement was confirmed...
Aug 17 2015 // ACE Limited, which announced plans to acquire Chubb for $28 billion in July, has designated a post-merger leadership team for the North American insurance operations of the combined company.The North America leadership...
Aug 17 2015 // Nearly 10 years ago, wind and storm surges as a result of Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in insured losses and $108 billion in total economic losses in the United States. Many of the lawsuits filed as a result of the...
Aug 14 2015 // Federal safety officials who reviewed a highway crash in New Jersey that badly injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed a friend were sharply critical of the emergency response to it and are urging the state to establish...
Aug 14 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ride-sharing company from doing business in the state.U.S. District Judge...
Aug 14 2015 // A federal appeals court has decided that last month’s upholding of a jury’s insurance fraud ruling will stand, allowing whistleblowers who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. to seek more evidence of fraud...
Aug 14 2015 // A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday raised the likelihood that El Nino conditions would last into the Northern Hemisphere’s early spring to 85 percent, boosting the probability that drought-stricken...
Aug 13 2015 // A federal judge in Dallas has ordered a physician outsourcing group to end practices of sex discrimination and retaliation, and to report any employee claims of sexual harassment for the next two years.U.S. District Judge...
Aug 13 2015 // Richard Emmons, 83, likes to spend his weekends cruising around in a 1995 Jaguar convertible with a big 12-cylinder engine. His weekday drive is either a 2009 Volkswagen Eos or the $82,000 Audi A8 sedan he bought in...
Aug 13 2015 // Switzerland is lifting sanctions against Iran after the Gulf state sealed a historic accord with world powers to curb its nuclear program.The move on Wednesday made it the first nation to remove sanctions since the July 14...
Aug 13 2015 // The United States filed an appeal on Wednesday against a U.S. judge’s ruling in June that sided with former American International Group chief executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg on a legal claim over the...
Aug 12 2015 // The top federal official for worker safety said that an Illinois businessman’s “outrageous behavior” of bringing in Mexican workers to remove asbestos without safety gear warrants fines of nearly $1.8...
Aug 12 2015 // With U.S. equities declining in the wake of China’s currency devaluation, hedge fund manager David Einhorn may be one of the few stock pickers to get a direct boost from the yuan’s sudden decline.Greenlight...
Aug 12 2015 // The lifting of trade restrictions placed on Iran may present significant opportunities for the Middle East and North African (MENA) re/insurance market, with European participants also expected to re-engage and seek a...
Aug 12 2015 // U.S. regulators are poised to decide two closely watched cases that have the potential to reshape labor laws by allowing college football players to unionize and forcing companies to take more responsibility for...