Two tropical cyclones – Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie – are currently active in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center in Miami is tracking both of them, as well as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac. …
New research from the Willis Research Network (WRN) addresses scientific forecasts that “global warming is likely to lead to stronger tropical cyclones, but also that the overall global frequency of tropical storms and hurricanes is likely to decrease.” WRN’s report …
An Ohio couple has settled their lawsuit against a northwestern Pennsylvania hospital they accused of killing their son to harvest his organs for transplant. The parents of 18-year-old Gregory Jacobs had claimed Hamot Medical Center was responsible for his March …
Progressive Insurance’s mid-August social media-driven controversy has brought the company to its lowest U.S. consumer perception level in more than four years, a research firm said this week. The consumer perception was measured by YouGov, an international internet-based market research …
Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its parent company Johnson & Johnson have agreed to resolve charges of improper marketing and advertising of the powerful anti-psychotic drugs Risperdal and Invega in the largest multi-state consumer protection-based pharmaceutical settlement in history. Janssen agreed …
Dallas-based provider of integrated payroll and employee benefit products and services, BenefitMall announced that Charles Lathrop will be stepping down as president and chief revenue officer effective later this year. Lathrop will stay on as an advisor and investor in …
Agencies investigating the Chevron Corp. refinery fire have told Richmond residents that the petroleum giant will be held accountable. The San Francisco Chronicle (bit.ly/Rj2gL4) says U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigators faced a skeptical and sometimes angry crowd of about 50 …
A senior executive at Deutsche Bank has filed a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles, alleging he was beaten by two officers during a bizarre incident after they dropped him off at a motel where they ordered …
Investigators say a Utah wildfire that burned more than 800 acres in Emery County was sparked when one massive boulder hit another. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry called the conclusion on the cause of …
SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC named Chad Lupia, a property casualty consultant, to its Pasadena, Calif. office. Lupia was formerly with Momentous Insurance Brokerage. He has 13 years of sales, management and business ownership experience. In 2006 he opened his own …
