Facebook Sweetens Biometric Privacy Accord to $650 Million July 24, 2020 By Malathi Nayak Facebook Inc. bowed to a judge’s concerns and proposed increasing its settlement offer to $650 million to resolve claims by...
FAA Warns 737s Sitting in Storage Are Corroding During the Pandemic July 24, 2020 By Alan Levin, Ryan Beene and Mary Schlangenstein Boeing Co. 737 planes in storage because of the coronavirus pandemic are at risk of losing power in both engines...
Portland’s Mayor Tear-Gassed By Federal Agents as Protest Rages July 24, 2020 By Gillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear-gassed by U.S. government agents late Wednesday as he stood at...
Sources Say More Than 1,000 People at Twitter Had Ability to Aid Hack of Accounts July 24, 2020 By Joseph Menn, Katie Paul and Raphael Satter SAN FRANCISCO — More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal...
Indivior to Resolve U.S. Opioid Treatment Marketing Claims For $600 Million July 24, 2020 By Nate Raymond Indivior Plc on Friday said it had agreed to pay $600 million and have a subsidiary plead guilty to a...
U.S. Insurers Explore Officer Coverage as Police Reform Debate Rages July 24, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn and Alwyn Scott U.S. insurers and brokers are starting to craft professional liability coverage for police officers, spurred on by signs that policymakers...
BASF, Cahill Law Firm to Pay $72.5 Million in Talc-Scam Deal July 24, 2020 By Jef Feeley BASF SE, the world’s biggest chemical maker, and a law firm agreed to pay a combined $72.5 million to resolve...
Economist Says COVID-19 Likely to Strip Profits Out of Work Comp July 24, 2020 By Jim Sams The workers’ compensation line is unlikely to generate a profit this year and may not recover in 2021, an insurance...
Boeing 737 MAX Not Expected to Fly Before October, FAA Preparing Directive July 23, 2020 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it plans to issue a proposed airworthiness directive for the...
Travelers Posts Second-Quarter Loss, Walloped By Severe Storms, Civil Unrest July 23, 2020 Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos Inc reported a second-quarter loss on Thursday, hurt by a sharp increase in catastrophe...