August 14, 2015
In late October 2013, Panera Bread Co., the national chain of restaurants that specializes in healthy soups and baked goods, prepared a news release to announce it was adjusting its earnings expectations downward for the recently begun fourth quarter. The …
August 14, 2015
Pilot encounters with drones are on pace to at least quadruple to more than 1,000 this year, highlighting a growing threat to U.S. aviation by unmanned aircraft. There were 650 cases reported to the Federal Aviation Administration through Aug. 9 …
August 14, 2015
Montana regulators were expected to decide Wednesday whether they should follow neighboring energy-producing states in creating buffer zones that set a minimum distance between homes and oil and gas drilling sites. The state Board of Oil and Gas Conservation planned …
August 14, 2015
Richard Emmons, 83, likes to spend his weekends cruising around in a 1995 Jaguar convertible with a big 12-cylinder engine. His weekday drive is either a 2009 Volkswagen Eos or the $82,000 Audi A8 sedan he bought in November. After …
August 14, 2015
Bumble Bee Foods agreed to pay $6 million to settle criminal charges Wednesday in the death of a worker who was cooked in an oven with tons of tuna. District Attorney Jackie Lacey said the settlement is the largest payout …
August 13, 2015
Law enforcement officials and theft investigators are concerned that criminals may be getting their hands on high-tech electronic devices that can be used to break into vehicles. Also, they warn, these devices could be used to start and steal vehicles, …
August 13, 2015
Verisk Insurance Solutions, a source of information about property/casualty insurance risk, announced that the Relative Hazard Percentile is now provided on all field surveys performed by the company. By comparing a commercial property with millions of peer properties, the proprietary …
August 13, 2015
More than 84 percent of fraud mitigation professionals interviewed see fraud that crosses multiple industries in their investigations, according to a newly released LexisNexis Fraud Mitigation Study. The study revealed that multi-industry fraud has a moderate to high financial impact …
August 13, 2015
According to CoreLogic hazard risk analysis, a total of 927 homes, or 23 percent, with a total reconstruction cost of more than $221 million are at “Maximum Risk” or “Moderately High Risk” from the Rocky Wildfire occurring in the following …
August 13, 2015
Physical and privacy risks relating to wearable devices has prompted a familiar face in the safety arena to research the technology. With so many questions relating to wearable device safety, Underwriters Laboratories has delved into the wearable technology space, said …