Little-Known Solarwinds Gets Scrutiny Over Hack, Stock Sales December 18, 2020 By Matt O'Brien Before this week, few people were aware of SolarWinds, a Texas-based software company providing vital computer network monitoring services to...
Volkswagen Loses Top Court Case in EU in Diesel Scandal December 18, 2020 By Samuel Petrequin BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its...
Government Ordered to Pay Landowners on Lower Missouri River December 18, 2020 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused...
Family Behind Oxycontin Maker Purdue Pharma Offers ‘Sadness’ December 18, 2020 By Geoff Mulvihill Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful...
Suspected Russian Hacking Spree Reached Into Microsoft -Sources December 18, 2020 By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft was breached in the massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week, according to people...
What’s Wrong With Commercial Auto and How Do We Fix It? December 18, 2020 By Gary Hagmueller Commercial auto is one of the biggest, most problematic cost centers in the insurance industry. Its loss ratios are incredibly...
Suspected Russian Hackers Target Frail U.S. Supply Chain December 17, 2020 By Jordan Robertson and William Turton For years, U.S. officials have warned about the dangers of cyber-attacks involving the electronics supply chain. This week’s revelation that...
Famed NYC Bridge’s Armor is Focus of Suit Against French Company December 17, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt French construction giant Vinci SA faces allegations it’s partly to blame for the degradation of the armor installed on New...
Exxon Calls Massachusetts Fraud Suit Punishment for Opinion December 17, 2020 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. told a judge that a fraud lawsuit filed by Massachusetts last year amounts to illegal punishment for...
Lloyd’s of London Steps Back From Coal in First Climate Change Policy December 17, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn LONDON — Lloyd’s of London is scaling back its exposure to coal and oil sands, the commercial insurance market said...