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The European Union is reviewing the extent to which companies can be held liable for environmental and human rights breaches in their supply chains, ahead of a package designed to remove red tape from the bloc’s ESG regulatory framework. The …

Canadian farmer Bill Prybylski planned to buy a new tractor with proceeds from crops sold to two grain companies in early 2024. He delivered the grain before both companies declared bankruptcy, leaving him short C$165,000 ($113,487.86) they owed. Now Prybylski …

Tropical Cyclone Zelia has strengthened off Western Australia and is expected to cross the coast on Friday near the nation’s major iron ore export hub, bringing heavy rain and damaging wind gusts. Zelia is forecast to intensify further as it …

Taiwan aims to get more than $1.5 billion in investment from insurance funds to help finance the island’s green energy transition as part of its climate change and carbon reduction goals, Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming has said. Although most countries …

UniCredit SpA has expanded its holding in Italy’s largest insurer, potentially giving Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel more influence in future deals. Orcel said Tuesday during UniCredit’s fourth-quarter earnings call that the bank now controls more than 5% in Assicurazioni …

The acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday signaled the regulator may roll back a controversial rule requiring thousands of public companies to disclose the threats their businesses face from risks related to the climate and …

Municipal bonds sold by the state of Florida are poised to become much scarcer. That’s because Governor Ron DeSantis plans to pay down $1.7 billion of tax-supported debt as part of his budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins …

A potentially landmark ruling from the Florida Supreme Court, which liability insurers had hoped would greatly expand how much they can recover in subrogation actions, will have to wait for another day. In the closely watched NBIS Construction and Transport …

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — After 24 years of guiding whitewater trips on the Nolichucky River Gorge for other companies, Patrick Mannion finally received a permit last year to operate his own outfitter business. But following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, …