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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was sued by a group of young people who claim the pension fund is putting their benefits in jeopardy by mismanaging climate-related financial risks. Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Ravneet Singh and Chloe Tse, who …
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Johnson & Johnson has seen a 17% jump in new lawsuits claiming its iconic baby powder causes cancer after the company’s latest attempt to force a global settlement was thrown out of bankruptcy court. J&J is facing approximately 73,570 suits …
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The Certified Automotive Parts Association elected five new members to its board of directors, including two insurer representatives. The new CAPA members are: Brian Burbridge from Caliber Collision; David Garner from Joe Hudson’s Collision Center; Kayla Williams-Clark from Classic Collision; …
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PepsiCo has resolved a lawsuit accusing it of falsely marketing its Gatorade protein bars as good for you, though they contain more sugar than protein and more sugar than Snickers bars and chocolate-frosted Dunkin’ donuts. U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts …
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U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said it had restored operations after a technology outage that grounded flights across the country and forced it to cancel more than 400 flights, disrupting travel for more than 49,000 passengers. Alaska Air Group said it …
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Cyber analytics firm CyberCube said losses from the Amazon Web Services outage could eclipse $580 million. CyberCube late last week put out a preliminary global insured loss estimate of between $38 million and $581 million for the AWS event, which …
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expanding its probe into 286,000 General Motors vehicles in the U.S. over a possible engine failure issue, the safety regulator said on Monday, following several complaints, despite a recall. The NHTSA said the …
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American companies led by Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo have drawn much of the limelight with driverless cars deployed almost entirely on home soil. Now that some are beginning to look abroad, they’ll have to share roads with Chinese companies quietly making …
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Hurricane Melissa plowed toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm, threatening to bring widespread destruction to the island.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it is seeking information from Tesla about a new driver assistance mode dubbed “Mad Max” that operates at higher speeds than other versions. Some drivers on social media report that Tesla …
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