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...The assumption built into credit insurance, Komiya said, was “that people are trading and doing business with honesty and goodwill”....
...the business case for doing something about it....
...One “blindingly obvious” reason for this is the increase of extreme weather events such as wildfires and hurricanes that can interrupt day-to-day operations, he said....
...The return to old values or old ways of doing things that were more sustainable, as well as the new — developing tech and science that will change the world in the next decade just as much as the internet...
...Fema’s work is normally focused on victims of floods, hurricanes and tornadoes....
...“As much as I miss Doug, and [his death] almost killed me, sometimes I pinch myself that I’ve led this life for so long. Even on the worst days, I love what I’m doing....
...She was given the mission of reviving Kraft, and its spun-off snacks business Mondelez, at a time when meals such as packaged macaroni and cheese have become increasingly outdated as consumers look to healthier...
...Validus is calling time as an independent business, agreeing to a $5.6bn takeover by AIG....
...To compound matters, Baxter, the largest manufacturer, has struggled to recover after Hurricane Maria battered its production facilities in Puerto Rico....
...This year, however, the attention will mostly be on where people are shopping and how they are doing it....
...They feature annual sustainability reports attesting to Annie’s commitment to doing business “differently and with a purpose”. They are also very successful....
...Videos produced by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, in which simulated tornadoes and hurricanes tear off rooftops and force structures to collapse, make it easy to understand why climate...
...In 2012, Berkshire made $1.6bn on insurance underwriting despite suffering its largest single loss ever in Hurricane Sandy....
...compares business regulations – such as the difficulty of starting a company – in 185 different nations.”...
...Most policyholders can only make a claim when something happens – a hurricane strikes or a life policy finally matures....
...The specialist, they inform us, “will lose some of his or her lustre compared with the statistician and data analyst, who are unfettered by the old ways of doing things and let the data speak”....
...The effects of Sandy could be felt from Georgia to Canada and as far west as the Great Lakes, but worst hit were New Jersey’s coast and the New York City area, where hurricane-force winds and high tides...
...Mr James described the performance as “not a bad result given the economic hurricanes that are swirling around southern Europe”....
...(Wall Street Journal) UniCredit is being investigated by US authorities for possibly breaking sanctions that prohibit doing business with certain countries, according to public documents published by the...
...In the immediate aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse, the US was hit by two hurricanes, Ike and Gustav, which made 2008 the second-costliest year for disasters ever....
...Bonds will do for bombs; hedge-fund crises are as threatening as hurricanes. Tragedy has become microcosmic....
...“The added costs are just part of doing business here,” he adds, “which makes our expenses almost the same as in Connecticut – though on far lower salaries.”...
...An all-purpose buffet, which replaced the restaurants, turned into a hurricane party as guests and staff made the best of the curfew. The quality of service never faltered....
...So what were you able to do in the wake of the hurricane as a result of having the system that you couldn’t do before? A....
...The FT’s Gillian Tett pointed out that, “US companies are doing better than the US government: they have more resources and more leadership.”...
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