All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2008 // 100,000,000A $100 million lawsuit claiming that NBC Universal Inc. prompted the suicide of a former Texas prosecutor who was a pedophile suspect is moving ahead after ruling by a U.S. federal judge. U.S. District Judge...
Mar 10 2008 // A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a recent study.U.S. storm costs are rising because of higher populations and wealth on the coasts, not a...
Mar 10 2008 // The U.S. Supreme Court in late February 2008 rejected Allstate Corp.’s challenge to a Texas law that restricts insurance company ownership of auto collision repair shops.Allstate sought review of its case at the high...
Mar 10 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Taylor BenefitsArthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Utah-based Taylor Benefits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1996, Taylor Benefits offers employee benefit...
Mar 10 2008 // For many in the coastal town of Cordova, Alaska, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster was an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides.But...
Mar 7 2008 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited, which does business in the UK, the Lloyd’s market and the U.S., reported a 4 percent rise in pretax net income for 2007 to $543 million, compared to $520.5 million for...
Mar 6 2008 // The new head of the National Hurricane Center says the big challenge for forecasters is predicting the intensity of hurricanes.Bill Read says there’s been a lot of improvement in track models in recent years. But he...
Mar 5 2008 // Lloyd’s examines the potential liabilities from falling space debris, following the U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD’s) successful destruction of a U.S. spy satellite.The article on...
Mar 4 2008 // China said on Tuesday, March 4, that it will respond through World Trade Organization channels to a case brought by the European Union and the United States over what they regard as unfair treatment of financial...
Mar 3 2008 // A federal limit on asbestos exposure at mining operations nationwide is now in line with the standard for other industries.A final rule issued Friday by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration limits asbestos...
Mar 3 2008 // A federal judge dismissed a criminal contempt charge against Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs last week, giving the prominent lawyer one less case to worry about as he fights a more serious bribery...
Mar 3 2008 // The European Union should speedily work out ways to help developing nations fight global warming to avert a “Catch 22” impasse that could brake action worldwide, the U.N.’s top climate change official...
Mar 3 2008 // Warren Buffett on Monday said the U.S. economy is in recession and that “stocks are not cheap.”Speaking on CNBC television, Buffett also said he is no longer offering to guarantee $800 million of municipal...
Feb 29 2008 // A U.S. federal judge Thursday granted Pfizer Inc.’s motion to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit that alleged the company hid information and made misleading claims about a failed experimental cholesterol drug in order to...
Feb 29 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman have sued the U.S. Forest Service for adopting “illegal forest management plans” that permit road construction and oil...
Feb 28 2008 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the Fred Meyer retail chain, alleging improper management practices at its Oregon City, Ore.,...
Feb 28 2008 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance services subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., has named a new chief executive officer and a new chairman, the company said.Peter Zaffino will assume the CEO role –...
Feb 28 2008 // Google Inc has unveiled a plan to help U.S. patients gain control of their medical records and is working with doctors’ groups, pharmacies and labs to help them securely share sensitive health data.The long-rumored...
Feb 27 2008 // Aon’s “Airline Insurance Market Review of 2007” cites the “high level of hull and liability claims, at US$1.7 billion, coupled with the lowest amount of lead hull and liability premium since 2000...
Feb 27 2008 // For many in the coastal town of Cordova, Alaska, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster was an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides.But...