Floods & Flooding

When John Fogerty musically asked "Who'll Stop the Rain?" 40 years ago, he was pondering the world's disquiet. But given the economic and insured damage from natural catastrophes that deluged the U.S. and...

NEWS SHORTS FROM THE PULP AND PAPER WORLD CORPORATE STRATEGY China maps out guidelines for pulp and paper industry development China looks set to raise its pulp capacity in a bid to reduce...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Jan. 12 said it approved a disbursement of SDR 2.05 million (US$3.1 million) under the rapid credit facility (RCF) for Dominica to help manage the economic impact...

Profit Up in Technology Solutions Segment, Although Thai Floods Hurt Results in Ubiquitous Solutions and Device Solutions Segments Tokyo, Jan 31, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today reported a consolidated net loss...

Construction is set to begin on the building that will replace the facility that housed the offices for the LSU Health Foundation until Hurricane Katrina. Satterfield and Pontikes Construction Group became the apparent...

WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- Amphenol Corporation (NYSE-APH) reported today fourth quarter 2011 diluted earnings per share of $.69 compared to $.74 per share for the comparable 2010 period. Such per share amount for the...

AXIS Capital Updates Loss Estimates for Catastrophe Events in the First Three Quarters of 2011 PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- AXIS Capital Holdings Limited ("AXIS Capital" or the "Company") (NYSE: AXS) today announced that the...

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited ("Aspen") (NYSE: AHL) today announces an initial estimate of losses of $54 million, net of applicable reinsurance, reinstatement premiums and tax, for the flooding in Thailand....

Storage used to be considered a snoozer of an IT beat. You get data, you store data and sometimes you back it up. Couldn't be simpler. Right? Well, the storage beat is more...

Hydration Technology Innovations' water filters dispersed in difficult to reach areas to provide necessary hydration to victims ALBANY, Ore. & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Hydration Technology Innovations, LLC (HTI) has recently delivered thousands of...

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) today provided the following update of activities since the Dec. 27 derailment of a freight train operated by Genesee & Wyoming Australia Pty...

Healthland EHR Reduces Costs, Increases Medical Accuracy and Improves Patient Care HAMBURG, Iowa -- George C. Grape Community Hospital expects to qualify for several hundred thousand dollars in federal reimbursement for implementing and...

A Nobel Prize-winning panel of scientists has said Africa is the continent facing the greatest risks from the effects of global warming. African delegates demanded immediate action from all parties at the UN...

When a disaster hits the United States, FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is there to save the day- at least in theory. Whether it's a cataclysmic event, such as 2005's Hurricane Katrina,...

MATTHEW LYNN The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031 The long depression of 1873 to 1896 was, for many years, of interest only to a small band of economic historians* Right...

NEWS SHORTS FROM THE PULP AND PAPER WORLD FINANCIAL Finnish paper industry signs two-year collective agreements The Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) has signed new collective agreements with the country's paper workers' union...

As part of the ongoing efforts to recover from the double-barreled assaults of October 2010's Hurricane Tomas and the April 2011 flash floods and landslides, St Vincent & the Grenadines has received US$100,000...

FREMONT, Calif. -- Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXT),a global leader in the design and manufacturing of optical modules and components, today issued the following update regarding the status of its operations following the severe...

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) today reported that a train operated by its subsidiary Genesee & Wyoming Australia Pty Ltd (GWA) derailed in the vicinity of the Edith...