Monthly Archives: <span>January 2019</span>

Tinder Settles California Discrimination Suit by Daters 28 And up

Tinder agreed to settle an age-discrimination lawsuit by users in California older than 28 who claimed they had to pay more for the dating app’s premium features than younger users. The settlement covers about 230,000 subscribers to Tinder Plus and …

Delaware Contractor Breaks Both Legs in Trench Fall

The Delaware Department of Transportation says a contractor who fell through a trench on a construction site broke both his legs. The News Journal reports that the Carrow Construction crew was digging a trench Friday as they replaced drainage pipes …

Eversource Seeks Rate Hike to Cover Storm Damage Costs in Connecticut

Connecticut’s largest electric utility has asked the state for permission to charge ratepayers for the more than $150 million it has spent to repair damage caused by five major storms over the past two years. Eversource spokesman Mitch Gross told …

Four Wounded During New Jersey Candlelight Vigil Shooting

Police say four girls and women were wounded, one critically, in a shooting during a candlelight vigil in New Jersey for two males killed in the crash of a stolen vehicle. Police in Newark say the victims, who range in …

Accenture Software Now Does What 40,000 Employees Used to Do

Accenture Plc, the global consulting firm, will begin selling software and services that it’s already used internally to automate tasks and redeploy about 40,000 workers. The new platform, that’s been five years in development, suggests ways to streamline and automate …

Judge Denies Monsanto Bid to Block Certain Evidence from Roundup Trials

A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to exclude from upcoming trials. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria during a hearing …

Correction: Johnson & Johnson Acquires Assets of Strickland General Agency of Louisiana

CORRECTION: Insurance Journal would like to clarify its original reporting on this transaction to make clear that Johnson & Johnson acquired only the assets of Strickland General Agency of LA, Inc., and not the stock of that company; Johnson & …

Qatar Re CEO Saacke to Step Down with Interim Leader Named

Qatar Re said that CEO and Executive Director Gunther Saacke would be stepping down from both roles in March, at the company’s next board meeting. He’ll stay on for the transition and depart later in 2019, the Bermuda-based reinsurer said. …

UK Financial Services Minister Confident Brexit Deal Will Be Agreed

Britain is working hard for a Brexit deal but it would still be prudent to put in place contingency measures in case no agreement is reached, UK financial services minister John Glen said on Monday. Parliament will vote on Tuesday …

Singapore Data Leak of Records of 14,200 HIV Patients Blamed on U.S. Citizen

Records of as many as 14,200 people with HIV and their 2,400 contacts have been “illegally disclosed online”, Singapore’s health ministry said in a statement, marking the second cyber attack the city-state has suffered in a year. The HIV-registry data …