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...Its PacifiCorp electric utility, which has operations in Oregon and California, paid $631mn in settlements over wildfires last year....
...Victims of the fire in Oregon have sought more than $7bn in damages and the company has also been defending itself against claims from California residents....
...By classifying drivers as independent contractors, Uber does not have to pay costs for benefits such as health insurance and sick leave that they must offer employees....
...Show me the money: Sources of help starting out include the Portland Incubator Experiment, Portland Seed Fund, Startup PDX Challenge, Elevate Capital, Rogue Venture Partners, Oregon Angel Fund and Voyager...
...The techno-optimists of California promise a further bonanza for our inner consumer, largely powered by the supercomputer smartphones in our pockets....
...On a recent road trip around Oregon and northern California, I logged more than 1,000 miles on Automatic....
...With Mario Schlosser and Kevin Nazemi he created an insurance company, Oscar, whose cartoon ads adorned New York subway carriages this spring....
...Chesky begins to enthuse about a concept the company is piloting in Portland, Oregon, which aims to return the city to a place where “local mom and pop shops flourish once again” and space is shared, not...
...The Silicon Valley-based company will pay $3.3m in overtime back wages and $2.5m in liquidated damages to more than 350 former and current sales employees who worked at branches in California, Illinois,...
...“It’s very hard for an insurance company to do what we do,” he says....
...and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance are among the companies shortlisted to buy a minority stake in Indonesia’s Panin Life for about $200 million, sources said. http://reut.rs/UqGs3l China snubs Norway in...
...Lee Kun-hee, the 70-year-old chairman of Samsung Electronics and South Korea’s richest man, will have food for thought after the company’s legal defeat by Apple in California last Friday....
...It will appear later this year priced “like a high-end TiVo” – so around $400 – if the company can get the seed funding it seeks....
...The Pennsylvania company’s site went live on Monday, it has raised $150,000 in seed capital to date. The service is similar to ServiceMagic....
...The new institute, which we have nicknamed SEED, will provide many opportunities for students to learn and gain experience in developing economies while at Stanford....
...A judge in Regina v....
...According to officials, in the US the largest waves hit Crescent City, California, where 8.1 feet waves destroyed docks and parts of the harbour. 1930 - The CEO of Aflac, which sells insurance in Japan,...
...Investors in the new fund include IAM National Pension Fund, State of Oregon, and Sentry Insurance....
...As the Morin brothers stretch their $15,000 in seed funding, the distinction between the company’s books and their personal finances has all but disappeared....
...Capital Z seeds hedge fund managers with early-stage capital, and was founded in 1999 as an outsourced alternative investment arm of Zurich Insurance....
...In the view of several present and former AIG executives, Mr Sullivan was a brilliant insurance man but the group had become much more than an insurance company and he lacked a deep understanding of the...
...America’s largest builder of luxury homes, the company recently reported third-quarter profits down nearly 85 per cent....
...UEF is encouraging the development of new financial services, such as savings and insurance....
...State politicians are expected to vote on Thursday and Friday on the proposal, which would mandate large companies to spend at least 8 per cent of their payroll on employee health insurance or pay the difference...
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