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...The move has already caused ructions among direct insurers, contributing to the decisions of insurers such as State Farm to stop underwriting new home cover in California....
...Rescue officials told local media that at least seven people had been pulled into the water, with a fire department spokesperson calling the incident a “mass-casualty event”....
...One night in 1889, the Phaeton caught fire and drifted across the lagoon of a remote Indian Ocean atoll....
...In recent months, both State Farm and Allstate have announced plans to stop writing new policies in fire-prone California....
...Ukraine’s national identity has hardened itself amid the fires of invasion; the state has consolidated its authority; and Kyiv last month received the green light to start EU entry talks, although full membership...
...Big insurers such as State Farm and Allstate said recently they had suspended offering home insurance to new customers in California....
...The soundscape is composed of rotor blades, machine gun fire, birdsong and voicemail messages. It’s disorienting and hypnotic, gentle yet nightmarish....
...“I love this facility and how I fit into it,” Morgen Long said, as we sat by a wood fire in the tasting room....
...But Vadatursky says he still seeks to “pay people their salaries, not to fire them, and save the team”. Around 80 per cent of Ukrainian companies say the same, according to central bank surveys....
...“This affects all vehicles on four wheels and weighing more than 3-4 tonnes,” said one haulage operator in the southern state of Bavaria....
...Photographs posted on social media showed a damaged farm vehicle lying on its side next to a large crater. Local media reported the casualties were farm workers....
...Gold told Mack he was investigating the wrong person and should fire Gilbert. “I said give us the proof, and we’ll investigate it....
...With his own work off limits in China and recently censored in Hong Kong, Ai is coruscating about western museums such as the Pompidou, Tate and the V&A that have been paid millions by state-owned companies...
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...Across the invisible border, the Malian and Burkinabe states barely function, the general says. Swaths of territory have been overrun by terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda and Islamic State....
...(Adam Samson) Quick Fire Q&A Every week we ask the founders of fast-growing fintechs to introduce themselves and explain what makes them stand out in a crowded industry....
...Where public investment is needed, it could come from sources such as Germany’s state-backed KfW development bank and new or existing public companies like the country’s national railway, which he says could...
...Chiang Rai is among Thailand's most glorious provinces, with its rolling hills, forests, elephant camps, sparkling waters and top-quality farm produce....
...As head chef to schools, offices and gyms, Compass was admittedly bang in the line of fire. Half the canteens it once filled with the heady aroma of battered fish and chips are now empty....
...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...But despite this difficult backdrop, FairFX continued to fire on all cylinders....
...With companies such as Coca-Cola and Amazon banging at its door, the state government relented a week later on bottles of drinking water over 200ml, medical packaging, wrapping materials thicker than 50...
...Some farmers, like Home Farm’s Brian and Jennifer Aldridge, have set up family investment companies to control when assets are received, and by whom....
...companies are unplugging from the state utility....
...(Foreign Policy) Video of the day Tech v Trump Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are among the technology companies that submitted an amicus brief against Mr Trump’s immigration...
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