Monthly Archive: April 2018

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Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. Introduces New Property Appraisal Services

Toronto, ON (Apr. 25, 2018) – Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. today announced the launch of property appraisal services within its Global Technical Services (GTS®) service line. Complementary to our comprehensive property loss management...

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As states consider taxing opioids, drugmakers push back

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts as their states confront a rising death toll from drug overdoses. They want to force drug manufacturers and their distributors to pay for it. Bills introduced in at least 15 states would impose taxes or fees on […]

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Documents hint at Liberal plans to add social financing to more federal spending

OTTAWA — The Liberals are considering adding new funding streams to existing programs in a bid to make more federal spending friendly to social finance ideas that link the charitable and private sectors to help pay for and deliver services. What makes the approach attractive to governments is that it shifts the financial risk from […]

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Alaska Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Hawaii

HONOLULU — An Alaska Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in Hawaii. Hawaii News Now reports the airline says Flight 145 was heading from Seattle to Hawaii Friday night when an oil filter bypass light came on in the cockpit. The airline says the pilots throttled down one engine of the plane and declared […]

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Philippines latest foreign country to book Trump’s DC hotel

WASHINGTON — First came Kuwait. Then Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Now it’s the Philippines’ turn. It is the latest foreign government to book rooms or host events at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., riling critics who say such bookings are nothing more than attempts to curry favour with President Donald Trump. The Philippine […]

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DNA search for California serial killer led to wrong man

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Investigators hunting for the so-called Golden State Killer turned to searching genetic websites in 2017 but misidentified an Oregon man as a potential suspect. A year later, after using a similar technique, they are confident they’ve caught the serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for four decades. In March 2017, an […]

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Singapore PM: ASEAN growing closer to China and India

SINGAPORE — Southeast Asian countries will work more closely with new powers China and India to counter the pressure of protectionism and ensure continued growth, Singapore prime minister said Saturday. Addressing the summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that regional economic growth was under threat because […]

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Passenger sues Southwest Airlines over exploding engine

PHILADELPHIA — A passenger who says she’s been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder since an engine exploded on a Southwest Airlines flight is suing the airline and the manufacturer of the engine. The lawsuit by Lilia Chavez filed Thursday in federal court in Philadelphia alleges negligence by Dallas-based Southwest and engine maker CFM International. Chavez […]