Oregon Latest State to Eye Abuses with Photo Estimates for Auto Claims October 30, 2019 By Jim Sams Oregon state regulators say insurance carriers are too often using photo estimates as a means of making low-ball settlement offers...
Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hackers Target Sports Organizations October 29, 2019 By Noor Zainab Hussain Microsoft Corp said it has tracked “significant” cyberattacks coming from a group it calls “Strontium” or “Fancy Bear,” targeting anti-doping...
Don’t Even Think of Selling CBD as a Door-to-Door Vacuum Salesperson October 29, 2019 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Craig Giammona Executives at Kirby Co.’s home office noticed an odd trend: Its door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salespeople were increasingly involved in the same...
One Wildfire Metric Threatens to Upend PG&E’s Restructuring Plan October 29, 2019 PG&E Corp. investors looking to learn their fate may not get the answer from the bankrupt power company. Instead, the...
PG&E Says It’s Open to Extending Fire Victim Claims Deadline October 29, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. told a judge it’s willing to extend the deadline for victims of wildfires caused by the utility’s equipment...
Winds Whip California as 2.5 Million People Face Power Cuts October 29, 2019 By David R. Baker and Mark Chediak California utilities are warning they may cut electricity to as many as 2.5 million people to prevent power lines from...
Institute Ranks Cars for Pedestrian Crash Avoidance October 29, 2019 Consumers don’t always have to pay extra to acquire a good pedestrian crash-avoidance system: Some of the best systems come...
Waymo CEO Sees Driverless Trucking Catching on Faster Than Taxis October 29, 2019 True driverless cars have arrived from Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., but the company’s chief executive officer says...
U.S. Orders More Airbus A220 Inspections After Engine Failures October 29, 2019 By Mary Schlangenstein and Siddharth Philip Engines on Airbus SE’s new A220 aircraft must undergo stepped-up inspections for compressor rotor cracks after a third in-flight shutdown,...
Musk Says Tesla Has Finally Made a Ready-to-Deploy Solar Roof October 28, 2019 By Brian Eckhouse Almost three years after Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk unveiled solar roof shingles as part of his push...