An oil storage tank at a natural gas well exploded Friday morning, killing two workers, leaving a third man remarkably uninjured and sparking a smoky well fire that smoldered for hours. A team of oil- and gas-well firefighting experts flew …
A tornado tore through western New York on Saturday, ripping the roof off a condominium and damaging 17 others and causing widespread power outages. The National Weather Service said the twister touched down in Mayville in Chautauqua County at 4:48 …
Connecticut-based managing general agent Business Risk Partners has hired Mark A. Wilson as director of national sales. Wilson served as the agency director of broker relations from 2002 to 2006, overseeing marketing for wholesale and retail brokers nationwide. Most recently, …
In 2006, Worldwide Interiors, a Canal Road furniture importer, had a banner year with sales of $520,000, including $90,000 that June. Last year, amid south Baldwin County’s deflated real estate market, sales dipped to about $330,000, including $21,000 in June, …
Huntsville has become the sixth Alabama city to ban sending text messages while driving. Beginning Sept. 20, it will be illegal to send text messages or check e-mail while driving in the Huntsville city limits. The ordinance approved also prohibits …
British energy giant BP Plc is holding up payments to economic victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of a $20 billion compensation fund, said Saturday. “I have a concern that BP is stalling claims. Yes, …
Mine safety officials are painting a portrait of ineptitude and confusion by officials at Massey Energy Co. in the months before an explosion at the company’s West Virginia mine killed 29 men. The depiction — in an internal memo from …
The results of an independent study commissioned by the NFL and the players’ union show modern helmets meet all national safety standards, though it stressed that no helmet can prevent concussions and more studies are necessary. The results were forwarded …
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo reopened his investigation into former American International Group Inc. executive Joseph Cassano after U.S. authorities ended their own probes, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. Cuomo’s office met with Cassano’s …
Investors hoping for improved results from Canada’s insurers may want to brace for disappointment, with weak stock markets and lower bond yields seen taking take a bite out of quarterly earnings. Analysts said the weaker results expected for the second …
