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...An estimated $30bn in fire liabilities forced Pacific Gas & Electric — California’s biggest utility — to file for bankruptcy protection in 2019....
...They, too, offered protection — to savers seeing their wealth ravaged by inflation. But are they up to the job longer term? And how might this story end?...
...Also known as defined outcome ETFs, the vehicles use derivatives to give investors some downside protection if the market falls, but in return investors have to give up some of their gains if the market...
...The company laid off most of its workforce and filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors in April, with $700,000 left in the bank....
...The global environmental protection organisation lists the American horseshoe crab as “vulnerable”....
...Few CEOs experience such a cyber-baptism of fire, which prompted the US to set up a high-level task force to co-ordinate its response. Even fewer would respond as coolly....
...The company also came under fire over security fears connected to the mapping function in its app....
...It boomed during the coronavirus pandemic, raising concerns over consumer protection, credit reporting and indebtedness....
...The world’s largest asset manager has come under fire from both sides of the climate change debate....
...“Wherever there is smoke there is fire, and that’s definitely some smoke.” Apple has never been against advertising per se....
...So the calculus that I had was “OK, if I move forward and file this lawsuit, I have no income because they’ve made clear they’re gonna fire me....
...Seasonally adjusted, rent is not on fire, but still looks unusually warm. The big question is whether this will continue through this year and beyond....
...Sellers on Douyin, including Dong, have come under fire for false promotions and refusing to accept returns....
...But the Biden administration has come under fire for continuing to snap up doses while most developing countries struggle to inoculate their populations....
...Bill Marczak, research fellow at Citizen Lab, a non-profit group that has extensively documented NSO’s tactics, said Amnesty’s findings suggested that Apple had a “major blinking red five-alarm-fire problem...
...The Biden administration is also pushing legislation before Congress that would bolster worker protection measures, including classification and unionisation....
...“Do you want to play with fire?” one developer asked....
...But while partial protection through the vaccine appears to begin as early as 12 days after the first jab, Pfizer stressed in a statement on Thursday that two doses were required to provide the maximum protection...
...Apple has also come under fire over its 30 per cent commission on developers’ revenues from its App Store, although it bowed to pressure on Wednesday, announcing it would halve the rate for small businesses...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on June 9, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...Indonesia emits massive amounts of pollution from fires lit to clear land for plantations....
...“When I see a bubble forming, I rush in to buy, adding fuel to the fire,” he admitted in a 2009 speech....
...(Korea Times) Tesco under fire for lack of action on obesity crisis (FT)...
...Another wildfire season is ablaze, with more than 20 active incidents reported by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection....
...If required, it also allows for intellectual property protections to be overridden in times of public health emergency....
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