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AT&T, Verizon Reject U.S., Aviation Industry Request for 5G Delay Over Safety

The chief executives of AT&T and Verizon Communications rejected a request to delay the planned Jan. 5 introduction of new 5G wireless service over aviation safety concerns but offered to temporarily adopt new safeguards. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and …

ASML Reports Fire at Berlin Factory That Makes Key Equipment for Chip Manufacturers

ASML Holding NV on Monday said there has been a fire at a factory it owns in Berlin, Germany, adding that no one was injured and that it is too early to assess the impact on its operations. ASML, a …

New York Jury Finds Drugmaker Teva Liable for Fueling Opioid Crisis

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. fueled opioid addiction in New York state, a jury found last Thursday, a setback for a company still facing thousands of other opioid-related lawsuits around the United States. The verdict, which followed a nearly six-month New …

Yemeni Fighters Hijack UAE-Flagged Cargo Ship, Saudi-Led Military Coalition Says

Yemen’s Houthi fighters hijacked a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Yemen on Sunday night, according to a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition that’s battling the rebel force. The vessel, Rawabi, was carrying supplies used to operate a …

Indian iPhone Plant Workers Became Ill From Tainted Food. Then a Rare Protest Began.

SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets and food sometimes crawling with worms were problems to be endured for the paycheck. But when tainted food sickened over …

Maryland Resumes Reporting COVID-19 Deaths After Cyber Attack

Maryland officials resumed reporting coronavirus deaths Tuesday after a more than three week interruption amid an apparent cyberattack, adding more than 400 deaths to the state’s tally. At least 415 Marylanders died from COVID-19 between Dec. 4 and Tuesday bringing …

Disaster Declaration Extended for New Hampshire Storms

The federal government has expanded is disaster declaration following damaging storms in southwestern New Hampshire this summer. The Federal Emergency Management Agency originally declared a disaster related to storms during the last few days of July. Governor Chris Sununu said …

Tenant in New Hampshire Gets $35K After Emotional Support Dog Dispute

A company that owns and operates offices and apartment complexes in Massachusetts and New Hampshire agreed to pay $35,000 to a tenant in Nashua, New Hampshire, who was denied permission to keep an emotional support dog, federal prosecutors say. The …

Tokio Marine Appoints Hirai as CEO for Asia Region

Tokio Marine announced the appointment of Masahito Hirai as chief executive officer of Tokio Marine Asia Pte. Ltd. (TMA), its Asia regional headquarters, based in Singapore. He succeeds Noboru Yamagata, who had been interim CEO and will continue in his …

Zurich Insurance to Sell Italian Life and Pensions Back Book to Portugal’s GamaLife

Zurich Insurance will release about $1.2 billion of capital by selling its Italian life and pensions back book to Portuguese insurer GamaLife, the Swiss company said on Monday. The deal will also add 11 percentage points to its Swiss Solvency …

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