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Jimi Hendrix’s classic 1960s albums are the focus of a London lawsuit over performers’ rights asserted on behalf of his British bassist and drummer against Sony Music Entertainment, which warns that a win for the claimants could “throw the music …
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Simplifai named Nils Thomas Lien and Noel Hamill to its board of directors. The company says the additions are intended to help guide Simplifai’s progression from an insurtech to an agentic artificial intelligence provider. Lien is an investor and board …
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Renault will jointly develop small, cheaper electric vehicles for Ford for the European market and will also team up to produce commercial vans to cut costs and fend off rising competition from Chinese rivals, the companies said on Tuesday. “We …
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About 5 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2024, an employee at the Bio-Lab chemical warehouse outside Atlanta heard a popping sound, a tell-tale sign that stored chemicals had come in contact with water and were reacting. Within 90 minutes, the huge …
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The Archdiocese of New York announced it is establishing a $300 million fund that it intends to use to pay for a global settlement of most of the 1,300 lawsuits it still faces from victims of clergy sexual abuse. The …
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The owner of a historic Minnesota resort has been charged with arson and insurance fraud more than a year after a fire destroyed the property. Bryce Campbell, 41, of Two Harbors, Minnesota., was taken into custody last Wednesday in Southfield, …
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When Zillow Group Inc. removed climate risk scores from its home listings last month, following a complaint from the real estate industry, many observers took to the press and social media to warn that disappearing the data doesn’t get rid …
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The Trump administration said Saturday it will waive an $11 million fine imposed on Southwest Airlines as part of a $140 million settlement over the carrier’s meltdown in December 2022 during a busy holiday travel period. Southwest in December 2023 …
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The message from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit was loud and clear: Don’t mess with legislative changes that have all but restored the state’s property insurance market. And while you’re at it, don’t repeal Florida’s personal injury protection …
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A Dunkin’ Donuts cashier who was stabbed by an Atlanta-area rapper has only the workers’ compensation remedy, even if the incident seems far outside the scope of work duties, the Georgia Court of Appeals has decided. “In this case, the …
Via: Claims Journal