April 11, 2012
A slew of residents who lost their homes after a Navy jet crashed into their apartment complex began picking up government checks on Monday to help them pay for food, clothing and housing over the next two weeks as they …
April 10, 2012
Reebok International Ltd. agreed to settle a lawsuit by rival Nike Inc. and will stop selling New York Jets football apparel with the name of the team’s popular new quarterback, Tim Tebow. According to settlement papers made public on Tuesday, …
April 10, 2012
Dartmouth College is spending the next five years helping China improve its health care system through a partnership that officials say could pay off at home as well. China announced in 2009 it would pour $124 billion into changing the …
April 10, 2012
The Maryland Insurance Administration is offering advice to car owners about risks of a total loss and how GAP insurance can help them. The officials said that car owners sometimes assume − incorrectly − that if their cars are considered …
April 10, 2012
Worldwide Facilities, a Los Angeles-based independent surplus-lines broker and managing general agency, acquired assets of Privett Special Risk Services, a New York City-based wholesaler. Privett Special Risk Services was founded in 1997 by Don Privett. The firm’s management and staff …
April 10, 2012
Sunoco, a petroleum and petrochemical manufacturing giant, will pay $2.2 million in Massachusetts to resolve a hazardous waste dispute. The company was alleged to have sought payment from a state fund for hazardous waste cleanup, while at the same time …
April 9, 2012
A New York judge has approved the $7.5 million settlement of civil fraud claims over minority hiring against two construction companies building a tunnel connecting the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Station. Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain in …
April 9, 2012
A New Jersey couple whose beach house was destroyed by a storm 50 years ago has finally been awarded compensation for it, but may appeal the award. Barely two years after Edward and Nancy Klumpp built their beach house in …
April 8, 2012
Zooming along at 170 mph (275 kph) in a fighter jet carrying thousands of pounds (kilograms) of volatile fuel, two Navy pilots faced nothing but bad choices when their aircraft malfunctioned over Virginia’s most populated city on Friday, April 6. …
April 8, 2012
The agency overseeing Massachusetts’ landmark health care law has begun enrolling thousands of legal immigrants into the subsidized insurance program after the state’s highest court ruled that state lawmakers unconstitutionally denied the benefit to foreign-born residents who have been in …