October 11, 2017
A fire official says a young girl was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening after she fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival in Virginia. Fire Department Battalion Chief Bailey Martin tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch the …
October 11, 2017
A lawsuit accusing restaurant chain TGI Friday’s of violating consumer fraud laws with its drink pricing can’t go ahead as a class action that could have included millions of members, but a similar case involving Carrabba’s Italian Grill restaurants can, …
October 11, 2017
A panel of industry and law enforcement officials couldn’t agree on how civilian drones should be tracked by authorities, adding uncertainty to the push for expanded commercial uses. The advisory committee, established earlier this year by the Federal Aviation Administration, …
October 11, 2017
Arch Capital Group Ltd. has announced a number of senior management changes in its worldwide reinsurance group. Jerome Halgan, currently the president and chief executive officer of Arch Reinsurance Co. in the U.S., has been promoted to the role of …
October 11, 2017
October did not start out as a good month to get your car inspected in Massachusetts. Despite promises of a smooth transition, many local mechanics have been unable to perform auto inspections since the state’s system switchover Oct. 1. “I’m …
October 11, 2017
U.S. businesses and trade groups are split over how forcefully to crack down on China over intellectual property theft, with some arguing the country is making progress on its own in enforcing protections and urging the Trump administration to use …
October 11, 2017
AAlphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit Waymo and several groups are launching a campaign aimed at convincing skeptical Americans of what they say is the value and safety of driverless cars, as Congress considers how it will regulate the technology. The …
October 11, 2017
KPMG LLP’s South African unit appointed nine new executives in an attempt to restore trust in the auditing firm as clients continued to distance themselves over its involvement with the politically connected Gupta family. Andrew Cranston, a partner and former …
October 11, 2017
Specialist global insurer Hiscox announced the appointment of Kate Markham as CEO for its London Market business, subject to regulatory approval. Markham has been at Hiscox for five years and most recently was managing director of its direct to consumer …
October 11, 2017
Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners) of Florida has added Kelly Nash as Private Risk Management managing director. As the Private Risk Management managing director and member of the BKS leadership team, Nash will be responsible for leading all the business …