Cyclone Shows Cost of Delaying $38 Billion Bangladesh Delta Plan May 27, 2020 By Arun Devnath Mizanur Rahman recalls the last time a major tropical storm hit Bangladesh, when Cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people...
Poconos Water Park Shuttered by Pandemic Faces Mortgage Woes May 27, 2020 By Oshrat Carmiel One of America’s biggest indoor water parks, normally packed with frolicking families, has gone dark — a casualty of social...
U.S. Lawmaker Wants Insurers, Govt to Share Future Pandemic Business Losses May 27, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn U.S. legislation introduced on Tuesday would create a taxpayer-backed insurance program to protect businesses from revenue losses during future pandemics...
COVID-19 Lawsuit Takes on McDonald’s Like it Was a Rowdy Bar May 26, 2020 By Tom Hals May 26 — As U.S. businesses reopen, worried workers and their advocates are borrowing a legal strategy commonly used to...
CDC, States’ Reporting of Virus Test Data Causes Confusion May 26, 2020 By Michelle R. Smith PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Elected officials, businesses and others are depending on coronavirus testing and infection-rate data as states reopen so...
French Court Orders Insurer AXA to Pay Restaurant’s COVID-19 Losses May 22, 2020 PARIS — A Paris commercial court ruled that insurer AXA must pay a restaurant owner two months’ worth of coronavirus-related...
As Nation Reopens, a Historic Referendum on Risk Begins May 22, 2020 By Michael Tackett WASHINGTON — We are becoming a nation of amateur actuaries, calculating the risk of restarting our lives. Can we go...
Pacific Hurricane Forecast Complicated by Coronavirus May 22, 2020 By Caleb Jones HONOLULU — The Central Pacific basin including Hawaii should expect to see between two and six tropical storms or hurricanes...
What It’s Like Running Grocery Stores During Coronavirus May 21, 2020 By Edward Ludlow After taking the reins of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. last year, Jack Sinclair set out a clear vision for how...
Uber Has Spent $19 Million on Coronavirus Financial Assistance for Drivers May 21, 2020 By Tina Bellon Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday for the first time detailed how much it has spent to support its ride-hail drivers...