Safe Auto Insurance has abruptly closed its call center in Williamsburg County,S.C., leaving more than 160 people without a job. Safe Auto Executive Vice President Mark LeMaster said it was a hard decision made after the company concluded it needed …
Boston, Mass., will implement new safety measures to help protect bicyclists near Boston University after recent collisions. BU officials say there will be new caution signs, enhanced bike lane markings and reflectors in pavement along a stretch of Commonwealth Avenue. …
The number of New York City traffic fatalities is on the rise. Officials say 274 people died in traffic-related deaths in 2012. That’s up from 245 a year earlier and the most since 2008. Speeding accounted for about 30 percent …
Thieves broke into a closed fire station in Detroit, Mich., and stole equipment including radios, tools off a fire truck and electronics, officials said. Firefighters got word of the thefts Monday. No one was at the fire station at the …
Kaplan University announced that its School of Business has added three new specialty areas within the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree program—risk management & insurance, real estate, and wealth management. Kaplan University seeks to prepare students to meet …
A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in economic damage, a government panel said in a report that more than doubles estimates of the potential …
Austrian company Red Bull’s unusual decision to go public on a blackmailer’s threat to contaminate its energy drinks with feces could cost the brand far less long-term than any immediate hit to sales. Known for investing heavily in marketing its …
U.S. safety officials have upgraded an investigation into an estimated 250,000 Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedans for a possible leak from the fuel tank. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration upgraded its probe of model-year 2003 to 2008 E-Class cars to an …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a homeowner seeking to sue his insurer could not file suit in a state court considered friendly to plaintiffs. In a unanimous ruling that marks a setback for lawyers who file certain …
Small business owners were most impacted by connectivity issues such as phone and Internet service (56 percent), according to The Hartford Small Business Pulse: Storm Sandy, which surveyed New York, New Jersey and Connecticut small business owners who reported being …