Ransom Demands Increasing as More Virulent Viruses Emerge April 16, 2019 By Jim Sams The average ransom paid to cyber criminals nearly doubled to $12,762 per incident in the first quarter of 2019, compared... Read More
Wave of New Tech Firms Targeting Farms as Weather Wars Mount April 15, 2019 By Lydia Mulvany and Brian K. Sullivan When surprise hailstorms hit the 6,000 acres Trevor Scherman plants each year with peas, wheat, canola and lentils, his first... Read More
Tainted Oil: Exxon, Others Say U.S. Government Sold Toxic Crude April 12, 2019 By Catherine Ngai About the photo: A contractor works at Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Exxon Mobil... Read More
Judge Orders Bayer to Pursue Talks in Roundup Cancer Litigation April 12, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A U.S. judge ordered Bayer AG to pursue mediation with plaintiffs claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, asking the... Read More
Wildfire Took Your Home? Don’t Count on Insurance: Viewpoint April 12, 2019 By Liam Denning Own a home? No doubt you’ve insured it. Very sensible of you. But if that home were, say, burned to... Read More
Boeing CEO Says 737 MAX Software Update Working as Designed April 12, 2019 Boeing Co’s chief executive said on Thursday that a software update designed to prevent disasters like two recent fatal crashes... Read More
Jury Convicts 2 Romanians in Malware Scheme that Infected 400,000 Computers April 12, 2019 A federal jury on Thursday convicted two Bucharest, Romania, residents of 21 counts related to their scheme to infect victim... Read More
Blizzard Moves Towards Plains and Midwest after Waning in the U.S. Rockies April 11, 2019 By Keith Coffman DENVER — A powerful storm bringing heavy snowfall and strong winds was churning across the U.S. Plains and Midwest on... Read More
Listeria Scare Prompts Houston Company to Recall Products April 11, 2019 HOUSTON — A Texas company has recalled more than 3,300 pounds (1496.87 kilograms) of ready-to-eat meat, poultry and salad products... Read More
Trump Plan to Ship Natural Gas by Rail Stokes ‘Bomb Train’ Fears April 11, 2019 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy About the photo: Firefighters douse blazes after a freight train loaded with oil derailed in Lac-Megantic in Canada’s Quebec province... Read More