CARSTAR, a national multi-shop operator network (MSO), is expanding in Washington with the opening of Complete Collision CARSTAR, located at 34627 16th Avenue South in Federal Way, Wash. It is the third location for owner Jeff Middleton, who also owns …
The U. S. Small Business Administration has approved over $560 million in disaster assistance loans for residents and businesses in New York affected by Hurricane Sandy and is eager to do more. “Currently 8,234 disaster loans have been approved in …
U.S. securities regulators reached 714 settlements with defendants in civil cases in the 2012 fiscal year – the highest number since 2007, a report released on Monday showed. The biannual report by NERA Economic Consulting found that the overall number …
When it comes to complex employment-related legal disputes, 2012 will be considered a landmark year, according to a new report on employment class action litigation. Many of the key rulings of 2012 in class action cases hinged on the U.S. …
It is not uncommon in UM/UIM claim submissions for the attorney representing the insured to refuse a request for an independent medical examination (IME) unless the insurance company will waive its right to any additional IMEs in the future. This …
Federal officials say operators of small nonfarm businesses in 207 Texas counties still recovering from drought can seek low-interest federal disaster loans. The Small Business Administration says the deadline to apply is Sept. 9. Economic injury disaster loans are available …
The number of violent crimes and property crimes reported to police rose in the first half of last year compared with the same period in 2011. The preliminary data compiled by the FBI shows that violent crime rose 1.9 percent …
State officials are investigating a series of mysterious explosions in southern Hopkins County – blasts that residents say is damaging homes in the area. Residents living just south of Nortonville blame a lead company, Donovan Commercial Industries, for an operation …
One of Beijing’s worst rounds of air pollution kept schoolchildren indoors and sent coughing residents to hospitals Monday, but this time something was different about the murky haze: the government’s transparency in talking about it. While welcomed by residents and …
Malaysia’s coast guard has rescued 41 Indonesians and is searching for seven others after a boat overloaded with suspected illegal migrants capsized in choppy waters. An official in Malaysia’s Maritime Enforcement Agency says the boat was believed to be heading …