June 19, 2024
Philip Morris International Inc. stopped online sales of its popular nicotine pouch brand Zyn in the US after receiving a subpoena in the District of Columbia related to flavored products that are banned there. Philip Morris said its preliminary investigation …
June 19, 2024
QBE announced that it will start shutting down the middle-market segment in North America to focus on North American businesses where it has more meaningful market position, relevance and scale. Three core businesses remain—Specialty, Crop and Commercial—and the actions on …
June 19, 2024
The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a federal judge says. The decision …
June 19, 2024
R&Q Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it will file for a provisional liquidation in Bermuda – after it had it had exhausted strategic alternatives for a financial rescue. At the same time, R&Q said the proposed sale of 100% of its …
June 19, 2024
The Atlanta City Council voted to provide up to $7.5 million for small businesses that were affected by water outages due to a water main break near downtown late last month. Georgia Public Broadcasting, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other news …
June 19, 2024
Cybercriminals are demanding payments of between $300,000 and $5 million apiece from as many as 10 companies breached in a campaign that targeted Snowflake Inc. customers, according to a security firm helping with the investigation. The hacking scheme has entered …
June 19, 2024
First responders believe they have accounted for all 13 people who might have been in a Syracuse two-family home that collapsed yesterday. Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds said 11 children and adults were injured and rushed to Upstate University Hospital, …
June 19, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Damage to a utility’s power equipment by gunfire found in Durham was associated with an outage that left hundreds of people without power earlier this week, the company said. About 730 people experienced a power outage …
June 19, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — What could become Mississippi’s largest solar energy project was approved by a county board this week over objections from people who live near the proposed site. Hinds County supervisors voted 3-2 in favor of a conditional …
June 19, 2024
A vessel hit by a sea drone in the Red Sea last week has sunk, the UK Navy said, the second confirmed to go down since Yemen’s Houthi rebels began attacks on shipping in the region. The bulk commodity carrier …