Severe Acute Respiratory Syn-drome (SARS) has not, so far, threatened to be a repeat of the world’s last great pandemic—the “Spanish Flu” of 1918-19. Nor is it as lethal as malaria, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), kills …
A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a surge in profits—£834 million ($1.31 …
A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a surge in profits—£834 million ($1.31 …
The ‘elephantine mass of asbestos cases lodged in state and federal courts, we again recognize, ‘defies customary judicial administration and calls for national legislation,’” wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the case of …
The ‘elephantine mass of asbestos cases’ lodged in state and federal courts, we again recognize, ‘defies customary judicial administration and calls for national legislation,’” wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the case of …
As President Bush and his advisors made good on their defiant promise to act alone if necessary to get rid of Iraq’s tyrannical régime, the world heard echoes of Mark Antony’s cry of rage and revenge – “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and …
As President Bush and his advisers made good on their defiant promise to act alone if necessary to get rid of Iraq’s tyrannical régime, the world heard echoes of Mark Antony’s cry of rage and revenge, “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let …
With the selection of the design submitted by Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind, rebuilding of the World Trade Center site has begun. Walking around the 16 acres of open space in the heart of New York one finally begins to comprehend …
Neither the insurance industry nor the stock market was prepared for the announcement made by American International Group recently, that it would “incur a net, after tax charge of $1.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2002 related to an …
Neither the insurance industry nor the stock market was prepared for the announcement made by American International Group on Feb. 3, that it would “incur a net, after tax charge of $1.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2002 related …
