UW Study Finds Ponderosa Pine Forests Most at Risk From Wildfires August 20, 2020 By University of Washington Recent years have brought unusually large and damaging wildfires to the Pacific Northwest – from the Carlton Complex Fire in... Read More
International News China Rare Earths Firm Shenghe Hit By ‘Once-in-a-Century’ Flooding August 20, 2020 Chinese rare earths producer Shenghe Resources Holding Co is set to lose tens of millions of dollars after reporting that... Read More
Subaru Taps Xilinx For Key Chip in Driver-Assistance System August 20, 2020 By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO — Xilinx Inc and Subaru Corp on Wednesday said the Japanese automaker will use one of the Silicon... Read More
West News Portland Protesters Set Fire to County Government Building August 20, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. — Protesters in Portland broke out the windows of a county government building, sprayed lighter fluid inside and... Read More
West News Fires and Virus Converge on California August 20, 2020 By Sophie Alexander and Brian Eckhouse Californians are in their sixth month of sheltering in place because of a pandemic that’s killed more than 11,000 residents.... Read More
For Firms That Got Citi’s $900 Million, It’s a Shot at Payback August 20, 2020 By Lisa Lee, Sally Bakewell, Katherine Doherty and Jenny Surane If Citigroup Inc. was looking to create a drama big enough to compete with the pandemic and U.S. elections for... Read More
Claims People: Claims Central, Provencher, Omega Engineering and Goldberg Segalla August 20, 2020 Claims Central Hires WeGoLook Founders Two former executives for WeGoLook, an automated claims system now owned by Crawford & Co.,... Read More
International News Drought and Rain Are Reshaping Global Grain Trade Routes August 19, 2020 By Megan Durisin and Ainslie Chandler The global wheat trade is being shaken up again after extreme weather hurt crops in the European Union while harvests... Read More
International News Spies in Silicon Valley: Twitter Breach Tied to Saudi Dissident Arrests August 19, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher An internal breach at Twitter Inc. a half decade ago yielded data that was later used by Saudi Arabia to... Read More
West News California Doomed to Frequent Blackout Risk by Battery Shortage August 19, 2020 By Will Wade and Brian Eckhouse As the threat of blackouts continues to plague California, officials are pointing to battery storage as a key to preventing... Read More