Ryan Kailath
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Trump won't certify Iran deal
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Ryan Kailath
Oct 13, 2017
President Donald Trump announced today he won’t certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement. The decision had been flagged in advance by administration officials. The next move is up to Congress. It has 60 days to decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted by the 2015 deal. Any decision […]
Why flood maps may not include areas that actually flood
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Ryan Kailath
Oct 12, 2017
The maps take data from past disasters and apply it to future risk, but the calculations can get tricky — and political.
Banks are raking in dough, analysts say, and their earnings are expected to confirm that
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Ryan Kailath
Oct 11, 2017
On Thursday, we’ll know how the big banks are doing when earnings reports come out for the third quarter. Most analysts are expecting record profits of more than $21 billion. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Equifax offers data breach victims credit freeze facility
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Ryan Kailath
Sep 29, 2017
The interim CEO of Equifax penned an apology this week in the pages of the Wall Street Journal. He apologized for the company’s data breach and extended a consolation: free credit freezes for any affected consumers. How effective are credit freezes? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Brain injury revelations are nothing new for the NFL
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Ryan Kailath
Sep 22, 2017
The news that former Patriot Aaron Hernandez suffered advanced brain disease will do little to hurt the business.
Google makes a $1 billion bet on hardware
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Ryan Kailath
Sep 21, 2017
In the everything old is new again department, Google is betting big on hardware. The company already bought and sold Motorola in the past five years and now Google’s announced it’ll pay $1.1 billion for a chunk of HTC. To be clear Google’s not acquiring the company here. It’s acqui-hiring pretty much the entire engineering […]
Disaster rebuilding help is on the way ... eventually
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Ryan Kailath
Sep 21, 2017
It can take a long time before government funds reach people in need.
Some investors bet big against disasters
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Ryan Kailath
Sep 13, 2017
Catastrophe bonds spread insurance risk for events like hurricanes.
First Harvey aid package for immediate needs, not long-term recovery
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Ryan Kailath
Sep 5, 2017
Congress is expected to vote tomorrow on a $7.8 billion package for aid to those hit by Hurricane Harvey. It’s a first round of funding that almost entirely goes to shoring up FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund. That money helps reimburse local search and rescue efforts, and clean up and re-open some public services like schools […]
Fires at flooded Arkema chemical plant in Texas worry residents
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Ryan Kailath
Aug 31, 2017
“I’m just worrying about what we’re gonna be breathing,” one local resident told us.