Monthly Archives: <span>January 2021</span>

California Suspends 1.4M Virus Unemployment Claims

California has frozen 1.4 million unemployment claims as it battles fraud in its massive coronavirus unemployment relief program, it was reported this week. The state Employment Development Department said it had examined existing claims from people who said they lost …

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Over Delaware Firefighter Deaths

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Wilmington and several former city officials stemming from an arson that left three city firefighters dead and three others injured. A three-judge panel on Wednesday …

UK Fines MT Global $32 Million for Money Laundering Breaches

Britain’s tax authority has slapped a record 23.8 million pound ($32.4 million) fine on MT Global Ltd, a private money services business, for significant breaches of anti money laundering regulations. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said on Thursday it …

Navarro Sworn in as 37th Commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission

Angela L. Navarro was sworn in January 5, 2021, as the 37th commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). Navarro was appointed by Governor Ralph S. Northam to complete the unexpired term of Mark C. Christie, who became a …

Connecticut’s Signal Administration Appoints Kirk as Chief Financial Officer

Signal Administration, a Wilton, Conn.-based provider of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act benefits, has appointed Carole V. Kirk to the position of chief financial officer. Kirk, an experienced finance executive serving with special global property/casualty insurance and reinsurance companies, …

Personal Auto Insurance Rates Fall Across the County: Value Penguin

Auto insurance rates are falling across the country an average 1.7 percent, with drivers in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas and Louisiana seeing the biggest drops of more than 4 percent. This is the first time rate have fallen across the …

Earth Draws Closer to Climate Change Tipping Points After Another Year of Record Heat

Another year of record-high heat punctuated a decade-long increase in global temperatures that has placed the Earth’s economies dangerously close to climate tipping points. Those are the conclusions published Friday by European Union scientists. Despite pandemic-induced lockdowns of the global …

Blast at Chinese Battery Recycler Draws Attention to Industry’s Supply Chain Risks

China’s biggest battery manufacturer has urged a focus on safety issues after an explosion at a recycling affiliate, which has drawn attention to the risks in the industry’s supply chain. The blast at a Hunan Brunp Recycling Technology Co. factory …

Why Even Bezos-Buffett-Dimon Dream Team Couldn’t Fix Health Care: Viewpoint

It would be hard to think of a better team than the world’s richest man, one of its top bankers and the most esteemed investor of our time to solve such an elaborate problem as American health care. And yet, …

Biden’s Choice for Labor Secretary — Boston’s Mayor Walsh— Signals Pro-Worker Policy

President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be labor secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Walsh would take control of a Labor Department that Biden has pledged to reorient toward workers, with a …