Pacific Gas & Electric vows to improve wildfire prevention

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Up to 5 million California customers could temporarily lose power this year in the name of wildfire prevention if regulators approve Pacific Gas & Electric’s $2.3 billion safety proposal submitted Wednesday. PG&E unveiled the preventive blackout strategy for the first time late last year, getting regulatory permission to turn out the... Read More

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PG&E

February 6, 2019

Hawaii: Airbnb has acknowledged hosts not paying all taxes

HONOLULU (AP) — A judge should compel Airbnb to hand over 10 years of receipts and other documents from its hosts to the state of Hawaii in part because the home-sharing platform has acknowledged that the hosts aren’t fully complying with state tax laws, a court filing said. Hawaii’s attorney general has asked a judge... Read More

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AirBNB

February 5, 2019

Marketing firm to pay up to $8.5M over renewal policy

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — A company that sold ProActiv acne treatments and Wen hair products will pay up to $8.5 million to settle a California lawsuit that said it didn’t get customer consent for automatic renewal payments on their credit cards. Authorities Monday said Guthy-Renker LLC also agreed to more clearly display its automatic... Read More

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Guthy-Renker

February 1, 2019

PG&E must deal with problem that bankruptcy won’t end: fires

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big corporations forced into bankruptcy by liability lawsuits often take the offending product off the market and try to move on. That’s what happened with the Dalkon Shield birth control device, asbestos and silicone breast implants. But when the nation’s biggest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, comes out of bankruptcy, it... Read More

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PG&E

January 31, 2019

Lawsuits by fire victims swept up in PG&E bankruptcy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lon Walker blames Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for starting a wildfire that killed his wife Ellen and destroyed their home near the California city of Paradise. Butte County cites PG&E for the same Nov. 8 fire that destroyed parks, schools and myriad other public property and amenities. And State Farm... Read More

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PG&E

January 31, 2019

Judge: PG&E put profits over wildfire safety

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge berated Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. on Wednesday, accusing the nation’s largest utility of enriching shareholders instead of clearing trees that can fall on its power lines and start fires and making “excuses” to avoid turning off electricity when fire risk is high. Judge William Alsup in San... Read More

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PG&E

January 30, 2019

Japan’s Nikkei: Ghosn says arrest due to plot within Nissan

TOKYO (AP) — Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, in his first interview since his arrest in November, blamed fellow executives opposed to forging closer ties with the automaker’s French alliance partner Renault for scheming against him, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported Wednesday. The financial daily said it spoke with Ghosn for 20 minutes earlier in... Read More

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan

January 30, 2019

After bankruptcy, PG&E headed back to court over wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will be back in a U.S. courtroom a day after declaring bankruptcy, as it tries to convince a judge not to order dramatic steps to try to prevent its equipment from causing more wildfires. U.S. Judge William Alsup is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on his... Read More

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PG&E

January 29, 2019

China tells US to stop ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei

BEIJING (AP) — China called on Washington on Tuesday to “stop the unreasonable crackdown” on Huawei after the United States stepped up pressure on the tech giant by indicting it on charges of stealing technology and violating sanctions on Iran. Beijing will “firmly defend” its companies, a foreign ministry statement said. It gave no indication... Read More

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China, Huawei

January 29, 2019

PG&E files for bankruptcy amid wildfire lawsuits

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. filed for bankruptcy Tuesday as the largest U.S. utility faces billions of dollars in potential damages stemming from wildfires in California. The utility filed documents in a U.S. court seeking Chapter 11 reorganization despite state investigators determining last week that its equipment was not to blame... Read More

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PG&E

January 25, 2019

Experts: PG&E bankruptcy likely despite positive fire report

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The conclusion by California fire investigators that Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. equipment didn’t ignite a 2017 wine country wildfire that killed 22 people probably won’t stop the company from going ahead with its planned bankruptcy, legal experts said Thursday. The utility still faces billions of dollars in potential damages from... Read More

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Fire, PG&E

January 24, 2019

PG&E: Judge’s proposals for fire risk could cost up to $150B

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Proposals by a U.S. judge to prevent Pacific Gas & Electric Co. equipment from causing more wildfires would endanger lives, could cost as much as $150 billion and would interfere with the work of federal and state regulators, the utility said Wednesday in a court filing urging the judge not to... Read More

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PG&E

January 23, 2019

Erin Brockovich urges California to stop PG&E bankruptcy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Consumer activist Erin Brockovich, who famously took on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in the 1990s, urged California lawmakers Tuesday not to let the utility go bankrupt because it could mean less money for wildfire victims. “I’m mad, I think we should all be mad,” Brockovich said as she stood outside... Read More

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Erin Brockovich, PG&E

January 22, 2019

Tokyo court rejects Ex-Nissan chair Ghosn’s bail request

TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has rejected former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s latest request for bail, more than two months after his arrest, prolonging a detention that has drawn international scrutiny of Japan’s justice system. The decision by the Tokyo District Court came a day after Ghosn promised to wear an electronic monitoring ankle... Read More

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan

Pacific Gas & Electric vows to improve wildfire prevention

Hawaii: Airbnb has acknowledged hosts not paying all taxes

Marketing firm to pay up to $8.5M over renewal policy

PG&E must deal with problem that bankruptcy won’t end: fires

Lawsuits by fire victims swept up in PG&E bankruptcy

Judge: PG&E put profits over wildfire safety

Japan’s Nikkei: Ghosn says arrest due to plot within Nissan

After bankruptcy, PG&E headed back to court over wildfires

China tells US to stop ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei

PG&E files for bankruptcy amid wildfire lawsuits

Experts: PG&E bankruptcy likely despite positive fire report

PG&E: Judge’s proposals for fire risk could cost up to $150B

Erin Brockovich urges California to stop PG&E bankruptcy

Tokyo court rejects Ex-Nissan chair Ghosn’s bail request

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