Monthly Archives: <span>August 2020</span>

Subaru Taps Xilinx For Key Chip in Driver-Assistance System

SAN FRANCISCO — Xilinx Inc and Subaru Corp on Wednesday said the Japanese automaker will use one of the Silicon Valley company’s chips to power a new driver-assistance system that will let drivers go hands-free during traffic jams, among other …

Portland Protesters Set Fire to County Government Building

PORTLAND, Ore. — Protesters in Portland broke out the windows of a county government building, sprayed lighter fluid inside and set a fire in a demonstration that started Tuesday night and ended Wednesday morning with clashes with police, officials said. …

Fires and Virus Converge on California

Californians are in their sixth month of sheltering in place because of a pandemic that’s killed more than 11,000 residents. Now a new crisis — hundreds of wildfires — is forcing people to prepare to flee their homes at a …

For Firms That Got Citi’s $900 Million, It’s a Shot at Payback

If Citigroup Inc. was looking to create a drama big enough to compete with the pandemic and U.S. elections for Wall Street’s attention, it couldn’t have written a better script. The bank allegedly facilitated a debt deal that left a …

Claims People: Claims Central, Provencher, Omega Engineering and Goldberg Segalla

Claims Central Hires WeGoLook Founders Two former executives for WeGoLook, an automated claims system now owned by Crawford & Co., have joined Claim Central Consolidated. The digital claims company, based in Jacksonville, Fla., appointed Robin Roberson and Kenneth Kroll as …

Drought and Rain Are Reshaping Global Grain Trade Routes

The global wheat trade is being shaken up again after extreme weather hurt crops in the European Union while harvests are booming elsewhere. Fresh from leapfrogging Russia as the top exporter, the EU will drop to third place this season …

Spies in Silicon Valley: Twitter Breach Tied to Saudi Dissident Arrests

An internal breach at Twitter Inc. a half decade ago yielded data that was later used by Saudi Arabia to harass or arrest people critical of the government, according to lawsuits, human rights groups and the relative of a person …

California Doomed to Frequent Blackout Risk by Battery Shortage

As the threat of blackouts continues to plague California, officials are pointing to battery storage as a key to preventing future power shortfalls. But the Golden State is going to need a lot more batteries to weather the next climate-driven …

Covid Hit 20% of Meat Workers in No. 1 Chicken Exporter Brazil

One in five workers at Brazil’s meat plants have been infected with coronavirus, according to union estimates. That would make the country home to one of the world’s worst workplace outbreaks. The estimate comes from Nelson Morelli, the president of …

New York Charges Teva, Allergan With Insurance Fraud Over Opioid Claims

NEW YORK — New York state filed civil charges on Tuesday accusing Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Allergan Plc with insurance fraud for downplaying the risks of their opioid painkillers to patients and doctors. Governor Andrew Cuomo said the charges …