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Rite Aid Agrees to Mediation With Opioid Victims, Creditor Panel

Bankrupt pharmacy chain Rite Aid Corp. agreed to begin court-supervised mediation with lower ranking creditors, including groups that blame the company for contributing to America’s opioid addiction crisis. The company, backed by senior lenders, will negotiate with unsecured creditors about …

Tesla Moves to Pause EEOC Lawsuit Alleging Race Bias at Factory

Tesla Inc has asked a U.S. judge to pause a federal agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of severe harassment of Black workers at its California assembly plant, saying two similar cases should play out first. Tesla, in a filing …

Comcast’s Xfinity Reveals Data Breach Potentially Affecting Nearly 36 Million People

Comcast’s Xfinity has started notifying customers of a data breach that may have revealed information of nearly 36 million people, . Xfinity, Comcast’s brand for broadband, video and phone services, said in a notice that a routine cybersecurity exercise on …

Flooding Drives Millions to Move as Climate Migration Patterns Emerge

Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study that details how climate change and flooding are transforming where Americans …

Expert: ‘Active Year Worldwide’ for Rapid Hurricane Intensification

While only three hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, rapidly intensifying hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans charted near the top of record lists in 2023. Each of the year’s major Atlantic hurricanes — Lee, Idalia …

Apple to Halt US Sales of Series 9, Ultra 2 Smartwatches Over Patent Dispute

Apple said on Monday it would pause sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the United States from this week, as it deals with a patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on …

Vans Owner VF Corp’s Order Fulfillment Operations Hit by Cyber Incident

VF Corp. said on Monday it was investigating “unauthorized” activity on its computer systems that disrupted some operations, including the ability of the Vans sneaker maker to fulfill global customer orders on its e-commerce site. Shares of VF Corp were …

WCRI: Consolidation of Health Care Leads to Higher Costs, Longer Disability Duration

Consolidation of health care services into large corporations that own hospitals, clinics and physician practices may hold the promise of more efficient and better-integrated care, but hasn’t led to better outcomes for workers’ compensation patients, according to a new study …

Companies Are Still Trying to Figure Out How to Comply With SEC Cyber Rules

Some public companies are still trying to figure out how to comply with new rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission requiring speedy disclosure of significant cyberattacks. Those rules, which kicked in Monday, require companies to report cyber incidents …

With One Month to Go, Progressive’s Yearly Combined Ratio Hit Target of 96

Progressive Corp. has achieved its combined ratio goal of 96, according to its release of November and year-to-date results. On Friday, Progressive said November net income was $680.6 million and its combined ratio for the month was 91.1. Year-to-date net …

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