Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations. An agreement, which could take months to work out, …
Remote employees place businesses at risk, yet many small business owners are not properly mitigating potential cyberthreats, nor are they adequately protecting their employee platforms, a new report says. As work-life and technology continue to evolve, a growing number of …
Flights and high-speed train services were canceled in Shanghai as the strongest typhoon to hit the region this year swept past Taiwan and headed toward the Chinese coast. Air China Ltd., China Eastern Airlines Corp. and China Southern Airlines Co. …
Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed more than $413,000 in penalties after citing a Missouri-based barrel maker for multiple workplace safety hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it cited Missouri Cooperage Company LLC …
A 38-year-old Kansas City man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy to steal sport utility vehicles and pickups from other states and taking them to Kansas City for sale. …
Newport Beach, California-based Alliant Insurance Services has hired Dan Madej in Chicago to serve as senior vice president, Public Entity. Madej will serve as the practice leader for the Public Entity Analytics Practice, a subdivision of Alliant Public Entity. Madej …
There were so many questions after 17-year-old Ely Serna brought a shotgun to his Ohio school and opened fire in 2017, wounding two. Along with the whys, West Liberty-Salem High School assistant principal Andy McGill recalled thinking, “Is there something …
An Alabama truck driving school owner has been charged with bribing a license examiner to show favoritism toward his students. News outlets report 72-year-old James Welburn was indicted and arrested July 25. He’s charged with conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud …
Atlanta’s city council is taking action in response to the traffic deaths of three electric scooter riders. Two council members introduced legislation Monday to stop adding new e-scooters permits, which Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says will enable the city to …
Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Comprehensive Benefit Administrators (CBA), effective Aug. 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CBA, located in Norwell, Mass., specializes in brokerage services, claims administration and enrollment, designing tailored benefit plans …
