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California Wildfire Has Burned 599 Square Miles, Destroyed 165 Structures

Containment has increased on a fire that exploded in size and in a few days became California’s sixth largest wildfire, destroying hundreds of structures. The Park Fire near Chico, California, has burned 383,619 acres, and as of Tuesday morning it …

Nationwide Plans 5% Reduction in Employee Headcount

Insurer Nationwide said it is reducing its headcount by about 5% over the next year. “We can’t speculate on the total number of job impacts,” said Nationwide in a statement. “Eligible associates are able to apply for any of the …

Charter to Pay $15 Million to Resolve Probe into Network Outage Rules

Charter Communications will pay a $15 million civil penalty to resolve an investigation into compliance with network and 911 outage notification rules, the Federal Communications Commission said on Monday. The FCC said Charter admitted to violating the agency’s rules on …

U.S. Coastal Communities Get $575M to Guard Against Floods, Other Climate Disasters

The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventative measures to address climate-related flooding and other disasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it is allocating $575 million to …

GSK Settles Another Heartburn Drug Lawsuit In Illinois

British drugmaker GSK said on Monday it has agreed to confidentially settle a lawsuit in Illinois that alleged its discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, the latest in a series of settlements to end costly litigation. First approved in 1983, …

Cannabis Firm Fights Insurer’s Denial of Business Income Loss Claim Following Fire

A Berkshire Hathaway insurer is insisting it does not owe $1.3 million in claimed business income losses to a cannabis growing company after a building fire shuttered one of its “flowering” rooms for 68 days. National Fire and Marine Insurance …

Tesla Analyst Nearly Crashes While Using ‘Full Self-Driving’

Elon Musk has said during Tesla Inc.’s last two earnings calls that investors won’t understand the company unless they’re using the driver-assistance system marketed as Full Self-Driving. William Stein, a Truist Securities analyst with a hold rating on Tesla’s stock, …

Wells Fargo Must Face Lawsuit Over Sham Job Interviews

A U.S. judge ordered Wells Fargo to face a lawsuit alleging it defrauded shareholders by proclaiming its commitment to hiring diversity, even as it conducted sham job interviews of non-white and female applicants it had no plans to hire. U.S. …

Reckitt Plunges to 11-Year Low on Abbott Infant Formula Verdict

Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc plunged to an 11-year low on Monday after a verdict against Abbott Laboratories intensified concerns over infant formula lawsuits faced by both companies. Shares in the British firm fell as much as 10% to the lowest …

Tyco, TIG Insurance Agree to Settle ‘Forever Chemicals’ Fire Foam Litigation

Three months after Tyco Fire Products agreed to pay $750 million to communities with groundwater affected by so-called “forever chemicals” found in fire-stopping foam, Tyco has reached a tentative settlement with one of its insurance companies. “…We write jointly on …

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