North America – Page 29
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AnalysisLast year is worst in decades for US mine deaths
29 miners killed in a single blast at Massey Energy’s Big Branch pit
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Online onlyNasa sells computers containing shuttle secrets
Data breach after Nasa fails to wipe end-of-life PCs
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AnalysisThe credit crisis animated
You might want to see this clever video animation of the credit crisis by Jonathan Jarvis
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AnalysisWikileaks blows the whistle
Wikileaks began publishing the first tranche of what is says are 250,000 secret US diplomatic cables
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Online onlyRise in disability benefit seekers
OECD urges governments to reform their welfare programmes
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AnalysisSomalia and Yemen top terror risk index
Greece is the European country most at risk of a terror attack
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AnalysisOpen trade is key to growth
G20 is told to design better employment practices, reports Max Hibling
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Online onlyChina, Australia top water stress index
The demand for water often exceeds the supply of resources in many developed as well as developing countries, reports Max Hibling
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InterviewsUS workers comp is getting cheaper
The average cost of workers compensation has dropped 10% since 2008
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InterviewsCEO confidence dips
Less than a quarter of CEOs think the economy will improve in the next 6 months
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Online onlySecuring capital is biggest worry for US captives
Captives identified the biggest challenges as: Collateral concerns, regulatory issues, policyholder growth, tax and fronting
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InterviewsFBI cracks cyber crime ring
Using a Trojan horse virus known as Zeus, hackers in Eastern Europe infected computers around the world
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GraphicsInfographic: Where are you most likely to hit a deer?
Animals are colliding with cars more frequently in the US
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Online onlyTwo charged in Venezuela nuclear bomb plot
Scientists tried to sell secrets for $793,000
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InterviewsSeeking harmony
As revenue authorities target so-called ‘tax havens’ as part of their fight for financial transparency and improved regulation, what will this mean for the captives based in these offshore locations? Nathan Skinner investigates
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InterviewsLloyd’s and Bermuda converging
A report finds the underwriting differences between London and Bermuda are thinning
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Online onlyMunich Re to insure oil catastrophes
Reinsurer offers $2bn capacity but says deep drilling risk management must be improved
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AnalysisCan Dodd-Frank stop another crisis?
The sweeping overhaul of US financial regulation fails to address the main causes of the financial crisis, says Matthew Kerfoot
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AnalysisTop 5 mega earthquake hotspots
They are the Caribbean, North America, Chile, Indonesia and Japan
