Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘AA-/A-1+’ long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on ING Groep N.V. and ING Verzekeringen N.V., and its ‘AA/A-1+’ long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on ING Bank N.V. The outlooks on all …
Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, a team of international researchers declared Monday, warning that even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted temperatures around the globe will remain high until at least the year 3000. …
Officials say a FedEx cargo plane landing at a Lubbock, Texas, airport veered off the runway on Jan. 27, crashed and caught fire, but that both crew members walked away from the plane. Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport director James …
The Supreme Court has ruled that workers who cooperate with internal investigations of retaliation by their employers are sheltered by federal laws prohibiting job discrimination. In an opinion this week, the justices held that a longtime school system employee in …
Michigan regulators have issued 33 citations and proposed $102,060 in fines against an automotive parts supplier in Detroit. Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators contend New Center Stamping Inc. failed to adequately protect employees from serious safety hazards discovered …
A group of Waveland residents has filed a lawsuit against city aldermen and the mayor, claiming their rights were violated when they were refused permits to remain in Hurricane Katrina cottages. The lawsuit was filed in Hancock County Chancery Court …
Georgia’s Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner says a Jan. 20 warehouse fire at Sylvester’s Farm Commodities has been ruled accidental. According to John Oxendine, an investigation determined the fire was ignited by a spark from welder’s torch. The massive blaze …
Fifty years later, the memories in central Ohio are fresh. The flood of Jan. 21, 1959, is not easily forgotten for those who lived through it. Columbus musician Arnett Howard was 8 when Ohio National Guard troops evacuated him and …
The National Weather Service is starting to assess the spring flooding potential in eastern South Dakota. Hydrologist Mike Gillespie says the northern reach of the James River is one area being watched. He says flooding potential on the Vermillion River …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved a rule that is expected to prevent spikes in workers’ compensation insurance costs for many employers. The cap on an employer’s experience modifier (EM) is expected to limit …