The European Central Bank said lenders in the region need to keep investing in their ability to respond to attacks by hackers after a landmark stress test of the industry showed “room for improvement.” “Banks need to prioritize investment in …
A massive wildfire in Northern California has destroyed an undetermined number of buildings and is threatening thousands or properties, prompting thousands of evacuations orders, as it continued to rage on Friday morning. The Park fire, which became the state’s largest …
Allstate’s National General auto insurance brand has been sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over allegation that National General and subsidiaries “engaged in a scheme to defraud customers” by putting its insurance product onto vehicles financed by Wells Fargo. …
Johnson & Johnson lost its bid in a federal appeals court to revive a plan to settle tens of thousands of talc cancer lawsuits by placing a subsidiary into bankruptcy. The ruling Thursday upheld a bankruptcy judge’s dismissal last year …
General Motors’ self-driving technology unit, Cruise, aims to return to running fully autonomous rides later this year and charge fares by early 2025, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. San Francisco, California-based Cruise has been …
Global insured losses from last week’s massive IT outage are likely to range from $400 million to $1.5 billion, cyber analytics firm CyberCube said on Thursday. A software bug in cyber security firm CrowdStrike’s quality-control system caused the software update …
In recent years, cities worldwide have faced an alarming increase in the frequency and severity of flood events. These catastrophes have left urban areas grappling with extensive damage to infrastructure, buildings and equipment. As communities strive to recover from flood …
Monsanto will pay $160 million to settle a lawsuit by the city of Seattle that accused the unit of Germany’s Bayer of polluting the city’s drainage system and the local Lower Duwamish River with toxic chemicals known as PCBs. City …
Warner Bros Discovery will sue the National Basketball Association in New York after the league rejected its matching bid for TV broadcasting rights, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The NBA on Wednesday rejected an offer from …
A wildfire that started Wednesday near Chico, California grew quickly to 45,549 acres overnight to become the state’s largest active blaze. Evacuation orders and warnings were issued, but the number of residents affected or properties damaged or destroyed has yet …