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Hall Sues Oates, Wins Restraining Order Over Plan to Sell Stake in Joint Venture
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daryl Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo …
Read More Cleanup, Air Monitoring as Residents Return Home After Kentucky Derailment
LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials and crews with rail operator CSX were working Friday to remove train cars and spilled material at the site of a derailment that sparked a chemical fire earlier in the week, as residents began …
Read More Historic Theater Fighting Plans for New Courthouse in Georgia’s 2nd-Largest City
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A historic theater is fighting a plan for Georgia`s second- largest city to build a new courthouse, saying the new tower could harm the theater`s building and programming. The Springer Opera House is collecting signatures on …
Read More Many Australians Abandon Insurance as Premiums Surge on Climate Costs: ICA Head
Increasing numbers of Australians are abandoning their insurance policies as premiums surge in response to climate-linked natural disasters, the head of the Insurance Council of Australia said. Over a million households now face home insurance affordability stress, Andrew Hall said …
Read More Shell to Face UK Trial Over Devastating Nigerian Oil Spills
A UK court ruled that a group of Nigerian fishermen can bring claims against Shell Plc over oil pollution that devastated their communities, as a long-running legal case edges closer to a trial. The 13,000 fishermen from the Ogale and …
Read More Fewer Than 10% of CEOs in Britain’s Largest Companies Are Women
Even as Britain’s largest companies are hiring women in executive leadership roles at the fastest pace in five years, there’s a big hurdle to cross: they are still unlikely to be in influential roles overseeing the commercial side of the …
Read More EU Weighs Wider Scope for Cybersecurity Certification Scheme: Proposal
The European Union is considering broadening the scope of proposed cybersecurity labeling rules that would affect not just Amazon, Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft but also banks and airlines, according to the latest draft of the rules. The EU move to …
Read More Honda Recalls Select Accords, HR-Vs Over Missing Seat Belt Piece
Honda is recalling select 2023-2024 Accord and HR-V vehicles due to a missing piece in the front seat belt pretensioners, which could increase injury risks during a crash. According to notices published by Honda and the National Highway Traffic Safety …
Read More US Labor Board Files Complaint Against Mozilla for Refusing to Hire Apple Activist
When Cher Scarlett began speaking up about labor issues at Apple Inc., she knew she was at risk of losing her software engineering job, but was confident she could find another. Yet two years after her departure from the iPhone …
Read More SCOTUS to Hear Purdue Pharma Settlement Plan That’s Dividing Opioid Victims
The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller helped spark. But that does not mean all the victims are satisfied. In …
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