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Britain’s Royal Mail Faces Severe Disruption to Export Services After ‘Cyber Incident’

Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident.” “We are temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations,” Royal Mail, one of the world’s …

France’s Verlingue Buys Broker Cabinet Depeyre and MGA Depeyre Solutions

French broker Verlingue, a subsidiary of Adelaïde Group and specialist in corporate protection, is continuing its external growth strategy with two new acquisitions that will consolidate its presence in the Grand Est region of France. Financial details of the deal …

Nebraska’s Barney Joins Highstreet

Highstreet Insurance Partners announced that it has partnered with Kearney, Nebraska-based Barney Insurance Group. Barney adds 25 employees and additional office locations in Lexington and Lincoln to HSIP’s footprint in Nebraska. “We are delighted to have Dave Chally and his …

Closed Illinois Plant’s Ex-Operator Settling Suits For $408M

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) – The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and caused …

Missouri Dairy Producer to Settle $140K Disability Discrimination Suit

ST. LOUIS – Hiland Dairy Foods, a Springfield, Missouri-based producer and distributor of dairy products, will pay $140,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to the …

UK Financial Services Firms Fear Rise in Loan Defaults: CBI/PwC Survey

An increasing number of the UK’s financial services firms expect a rise in loan defaults in the next three months, the latest reminder of a gloomy economic outlook. A balance of 23% of respondents to the CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey …

People Moves: TDI Announces New Executive Leadership; Cadence Hires Bryant as Cyber Practice Leadership

TDI Announces New Executive Leadership The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has announced its chief deputy commissioner and new leadership for its Administrative Operations, Life and Health, and General Counsel divisions. Jessica Barta is TDI’s new general counsel. Since 2014, …

Indianapolis Fire Sends 5 Into Cardiac Arrest

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indianapolis apartment fire left a 28-year-old man and four children ages 1, 3, 12 and 14 unconscious, in cardiac arrest and hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said Tuesday. Indianapolis firefighters performed CPR on the five victims …

U.S. Congress to Investigate FAA Computer Outage That Snarled Flights

U.S. lawmakers will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, …

Google Argues it Doesn’t Block Rivals in Bid to Kill U.S. Government Antitrust Lawsuit

Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday argued that a court should toss out a government antitrust lawsuit against it, saying that agreements it made with Apple and others to make Google the default search engine do not bar smartphone makers from …

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