All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2014 // An internal probe of General Motors Co.’s delay in recalling cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths is expected to conclude there was no concerted coverup and clear senior management of...
Jun 5 2014 // Standard & Poor’s suffered a defeat on Tuesday in litigation accusing it of issuing misleading credit ratings prior to the 2008 financial crisis, as a federal judge ruled that lawsuits by 16 U.S. states and...
Jun 4 2014 // The European Union touted its success in cutting greenhouse gases at U.N. talks on climate change on Wednesday, where a U.S. plan to cut power plant emissions has lifted hopes for a global deal in 2015.An adviser to the...
Jun 3 2014 // An independent used-car dealer in Arkansas is seeking compensation from General Motors Co. for being saddled with “highly dangerous vehicles” that include cars not yet recalled over ignition-switch...
Jun 3 2014 // The U.S. Federal Reserve has hired a former state insurance commissioner to help it oversee non-bank financial firms that a council of regulators identified for tougher scrutiny last year.Thomas Sullivan, who led the...
Jun 3 2014 // Colorado State University increased the number of storms it expects to develop during the Atlantic hurricane season to 10 from nine.The forecast calls for four of those to become hurricanes, one of them a major system,...
Jun 3 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against patent holders in two cases, rejecting a legal theory used to sue technology companies and requiring patents to be written with more specific language.The rulings come in a Supreme...
Jun 3 2014 // Steven Kandarian got MetLife Inc. out of banking to escape Federal Reserve oversight. Now, the insurer is fighting again to avoid the central bank’s reach.Kandarian, MetLife’s chief executive officer, has...
Jun 2 2014 // A.M. Best has upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) of State Farm General Insurance Company, and...
Jun 2 2014 // The Pacific Ocean holds one of the keys that forecasters say will determine how many hurricanes and tropical storms develop in the Atlantic this year.The size of the six-month storm season, which started June 1, may depend...
Jun 2 2014 // Renewal of a U.S. terrorism insurance plan is gaining momentum in Congress, thanks to some big-league backing from a coalition that includes professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey leagues.The sports...
Jun 2 2014 // U.S. multinational businesses are increasingly seeking opportunities in new regions of the world, expanding outside of the United States and continental Europe into sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. As their...
Jun 2 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive new report.The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the nation for the impacts of...
Jun 2 2014 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy recently told a crowd of U.S. and international regulators that when it comes to insurance regulation, states are “here are stay” and that the states – not the federal...
May 30 2014 // Banco Santander SA’s U.S. unit was sued by the city of Providence, Rhode Island, over claims it stopped issuing mortgages in minority neighborhoods after the housing bubble burst, the latest in a series of...
May 30 2014 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.More than 21,500 fires have burned nearly 700,000 acres so far in 2014 (as of May 29, 2014), and these fires have been caused by both lightning strikes and more...
May 30 2014 // Canadian National Railway Chief Executive Claude Mongeau said on Thursday he expects U.S. regulators to phase out use of DOT-111 tank cars in three to five years, following a deadly explosion in Quebec last year.Mongeau...
May 29 2014 // A $42 million judgment against a group of former attorneys will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal in the case. The justices on Tuesday rejected a request from now-disbarred lawyers William...
May 29 2014 // Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) and Daimler AG are among automakers that are improving and speeding up their use of automatic brakes as part of efforts to reduce front-end crashes, a U.S. safety group said.The BMW...
May 29 2014 // Global shipping lines are increasingly shying away from handling cargoes to Iran as restrictions on banking and insurance continue unabated, despite an interim agreement between Tehran and the West that called for limited...