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Philips’ US Sales of Sleep Apnea Devices Face Years-Long Halt After FDA Deal
Jan 30 2024 // Dutch health technology company Philips will not sell new devices to treat sleep apnea in the U.S. in the coming years as it works to comply with a settlement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on...
Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional
Jan 30 2024 // Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional. At a Jan. 16 National Labor Relations Board...
Reforms to US Disaster Aid Expose Growing Home Insurance Gap
Jan 29 2024 // When disaster hits in the US, the federal government gives aid to states and counties, but also to individuals. In 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered $3.25 billion to nearly 1.4 million households...
U.S. Finds Ex-Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Employees, Outlines New York Reforms
Jan 29 2024 // The U.S. Justice Department concluded former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed more than a dozen state employees, according to a settlement announced Friday that confirmed allegations from the damaging...
People Moves: Reinert, Murray to Anchor Everest’s Dedicated Private Equity Practice; Krupczak to Lead US Energy Property at Liberty Mutual
Jan 26 2024 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Appoints John Krupczak to Lead Property for US Energy Liberty Mutual Insurance announced the appointment of John Krupczak to the role of head of US Energy (Property), effective immediately. Part of...
Study: Manmade Warming Increasing Drought in Western U.S.
Jan 26 2024 // Manmade warming has increased the prevalence and severity of concurrent drought and heat events, also termed hot droughts, across Western North America in the 20th-21st century, a new report shows. The authors of the...
US Insurers Optimistic, Open to Take More Investment Risk in 2024: Conning
Jan 24 2024 // Most U.S. insurers plan to take on more investment risk in 2024, and said the risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the investment process are outweighed by the potential benefits of the...
US Appeals Court Revives Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Against Gun Maker
Jan 23 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. The...
EPA Assessment Reveals Persistent Nutrient Pollution in US Rivers and Streams
Jan 22 2024 // The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently released...
Cold Weather Grips Lower US, Causing Dozens of Deaths
Jan 22 2024 // Much of the U.S. remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days. Freezing rain,...
USGS: Nearly 75% of US Could Experience A Damaging Earthquake
Jan 22 2024 // Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, a recent U.S. Geological Survey report shows. A USGS-led team of more than 50 scientists and engineers in the latest USGS National Seismic Hazard Model...
Western U.S. States Had Among Highest Car Theft Rates, Report Shows
Jan 22 2024 // A new report shows Colorado has the most car thefts, while populous California made the top 10 list. The report’s authors analyzed data from the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer, which showed the amount of motor...
People Moves: Liberty Specialty Markets Appoints Bolaños as CUO, Moreno as President US, LatAm; HDI Global Names Tarantino MD of Singapore Branch as Silton Retires
Jan 19 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and HDI Global. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Names Bolaños as CUO, Moreno as President...
Deep Freeze Across South Central US Forces LNG Exporters to Cancel, Delay Cargoes
Jan 18 2024 // The recent freeze across Texas and Louisiana disrupted scheduled exports of US liquefied natural gas, temporarily tightening some supply of the heating and power-plant fuel. The Cameron LNG export plant in Louisiana...
Fishing Fee Case May Lead Supreme Court to Limit US Agency Powers
Jan 18 2024 // The US Supreme Court questioned a longstanding legal doctrine that gives federal agencies wide berth to interpret unclear laws as the justices heard two appeals that would constrain environmental, consumer-protection and...
Insurers Seek to Exclude US, UK Ships From Red Sea Coverage
Jan 17 2024 // Some ship insurers are starting to avoid covering US and UK merchant ships against war risks when they navigate the southern Red Sea, another sign of blowback since the two nations’ airstrikes on Yemen last...
US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Starbucks Firing Pro-Union Workers in Tennessee
Jan 16 2024 // (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by Starbucks to a judicial decision that required the coffee chain to rehire seven employees at one of its cafes in Memphis, Tennessee who a...
The Avalanche Risk is High in Much of Western U.S.
Jan 16 2024 // As a massive winter storm dumped snow across much of the western U.S., some hardy winter sport enthusiasts headed to ski resorts and backcountry slopes despite frigid temperatures during the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day...
US Merchant Vessel Struck by Anti-Ship Missile as Shippers Told to Avoid Red Sea
Jan 16 2024 // Houthi militants hit a US-owned commercial vessel with an anti-ship ballistic missile on Monday, underscoring warnings that the world’s most important trade artery remains too risky for navigation. The Gibraltar...
US House Votes to Repeal Labor Board Rule on Contract, Franchise Workers
Jan 16 2024 // The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to repeal a federal labor board rule set to take effect in February that would treat companies as the employers of many contract and franchise workers and...
