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State Takeover of Nashville Airport Board Remains as Lawsuit Proceeds

A three-judge panel won`t stop Tennessee officials from taking over Nashville`s airport operations while a lawsuit challenging the recently enacted statute allowing the change moves forward. In a decision handed down Monday, the judges criticized Nashville city leaders for “inexplicably” …

AP Review Reveals Problematic Dams in US, But Some States’ Data Not Released

A more than two-year investigation by The Associated Press identified scores of problematic dams nationwide, but New Jersey is excluded from the analysis because the state did not fully respond to the records requests. The investigation identified at least 1,680 …

Root Inc. Narrows Q2 Net Loss to $37M, Remains Committed to Pricing Model

Insurtech Root Inc. posted a another net loss for the second quarter 2023 of about $37 million. The loss was a 62% improvement from the net loss of about $96 million during the same period in 2022. Over the first …

Verisk Beats Wall Street Expectations on Q2 Earnings Report

Verisk Analytics Inc. (VRSK) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $196.9 million. The Jersey City, New Jersey-based company said it had profit of $1.35 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.51 per share. The results beat …

A WV Teacher Was Caught on Video Abusing Students. Her District is Settling for $11M

A school district in West Virginia has reached settlements totaling over $11 million in lawsuits involving a teacher who abused special education students in her classroom, according to a media report. Seven lawsuits against Nancy Boggs and the Kanawha County …

Thermo Fisher Settles with Family for Taking Woman’s Cells 70 Years Ago

BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of …

Skanska Must Face the Music: Maritime Law Does Not Protect it from Fla. Storm Claims

A construction company whose barges came loose from their moorings during Hurricane Sally and damaged the Pensacola Bay Bridge will have to cope with some 900 claims by businesses and other parties that say they suffered economic damages while the …

Ukraine Weighs Insuring Ships Going via ‘Grain Corridor’: Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine is considering the possibility of insuring ships going through the “grain corridor,” news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported on Thursday, citing Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “Now we are discussing in the government and, I am sure, we will make a decision …

AXA Agrees to Purchase Laya Healthcare From AIG for €650 Million

AXA announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Laya Healthcare Ltd. from Corebridge Financial Inc., a subsidiary of AIG. Laya has a leading position in the Irish health market with approximately a 28% market share, serving close to …

Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Danube Port. Kyiv Says Aim Is to Intimidate Insurers, Shippers.

Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain. The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the …

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