Saturday, June 4, 2011Coverage providers who write home and auto insurance in Texas and most other states routinely look at the credit information of prospective policyholders in order to help evaluate the amount of risk they pose and, consequently, how much to charge for coverage. READ MORE >>
Saturday, June 4, 2011 NFL players urged a federal appeals court Friday to declare the lockout illegal, saying the league had no right to impose a work stoppage that approaches three months with no sign of a deal that will save the 2011 season. READ MORE >>
Saturday, June 4, 2011 U.S. retail giant Walmart said it would test a smaller-store format with the launch of Walmart Express -- stores that will often include gas stations. The average Walmart superstore is about 184,000 square feet. The Walmart Express stores will average 15,000 square feet, MarketWatch reported. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, May 18, 2011A new proposed immigration law is being called racist and "hate-mongering" by Latino lawmakers in the Texas senate who are bracing for a bitter fight over the so called sanctuary cities bill. The bill would give most police officers the right to question detained people about their immigration status, and prohibit cities from adopting policies that ban the practice. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, May 18, 2011Three weeks ago -- well before an alleged attempted rape in New York City -- International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn discussed the possibility of a woman falsely claiming he attacked her.
In an interview April 28 with the French daily newspaper Liberation, Strauss-Kahn imagined "... READ MORE >>
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Texas, which may balance its budget by firing thousands of teachers, plans to commit $25 million in state funds to Formula One auto racing each year for a decade. Four years after motorsports' most popular series left the U.S., Texas investors including Clear Channel Communications Inc. co-founder B. READ MORE >>
Thursday, May 5, 2011 State Farm and the Texas Department of Insurance resume their long-running legal battle in state district court in Austin Monday over alleged overcharges by the state's largest home insurer dating back to 2003. READ MORE >>
Monday, May 2, 2011Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, April 27, 2011Efforts by Texas lawmakers to increase the speed limit to 85 on the state's future highways is meeting with opposition from those who say the move will lead to more highway deaths. Insurance industry officials say any increase in speed, whether on an existing freeway or new one, could cause more accidents, resulting in more injuries and fatalities. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, April 27, 2011As firefighters in Texas continue to battle raging wildfires, fueled by drought conditions, parched vegetation, low humidity and strong winds, insured losses from one of the fires are estimated at $150 million, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. READ MORE >>
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