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When the cargo plane came to rest 1,300 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport, its nose sat flush with the ground, the tail — and the billboard-sized Amazon.com Inc. smile painted on it — jutting awkwardly into the air as an engine smoldered. Like the logos emblazoned on thousands of blue Amazon delivery vans ferrying packages around the US, the plane smile was something of a contrivance — a branding opportunity. The e-commerce giant doesn’t own the plane or employ the pilots who fly it. The jet was operated by 21 Air, a North Carolina-based…

A group of conservative investors is pressing companies to stop covering gender-transition surgery for minors in employee health plans, and Nike Inc. is their latest target. Inspire Investing, which oversees $5.4 billion, is leading an investor campaign that includes the Southern Baptists and the state of Nebraska against 242 large employers, saying that offering insurance coverage for gender-related surgery for minors may expose companies to legal trouble and reputational damage. The group will present a related shareholder proposal at Nike’s annual meeting on Tuesday, and has enlisted a former college soccer player to make its case. In anaudio recording shared…

When and why do clients prefer to use artificial intelligence rather than a human adviser? It’s a question attracting much attention as AI advisers flood the marketplace. A recent study from the MIT Sloan School of Management introduces a new factor into the decision-making process: embarrassment. The new research shows that professional services clients who feel ashamed are more likely to prefer an AI assistant, even when they view a human alternative as more competent. The source of embarrassment can be anything from racking up frivolous credit card debt to dealing with malware accidentally downloaded from an adult website. “When…

Quandri’s AI helps a leading enterprise insurance brokerage improve retention, surface revenue, and automate the administrative work behind client service. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, September 10, 2026 – Quandri, the AI platform for insurance agencies and brokerages, today announced a strategic partnership with Western Financial Group, a leading enterprise insurance brokerage. Western has rebuilt its service operations on Quandri’s AI, contributing to a 15% lift in Personal Lines EBITDA and $2.5 million in additional margin. As insurance brokerages manage growing policy volumes and increasing demands on advisor time, the manual work required to proactively service clients has become difficult to scale.…

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. Key Takeaways Readiness for commercial lines is something you can score point by point, not something you feel your way into Demonstrated demand often shows up early – clients asking about new LLCs, side businesses or home-based work Commercial exposure is frequently already sitting inside your personal-lines book, along with the capacity and carrier appetite needed to place it Systems built for one-off policies won’t hold up at commercial volume – matching risk to carrier appetite and tracking submissions at scale takes more than manual workarounds Once you’re ready, round…

Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints. The clandestine Russian operation, described to Reuters by two Western officials, was carried out by Moscow’s GUGI undersea warfare directorate, which used deep-sea submersibles to simulate the deployment of the sophisticated and destructive technology. A joint operation involving Britain, Norway and the United States tracked and confronted the Russian vessels at sea, said the two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity. The vessels were prevented from completing their…

Two litigation funders are backing rival law firms in a fight for control of a £36 billion ($48.8 billion) suit over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters. Law firm Pogust Goodhead brought the UK case against BHP Group Ltd and Vale SA on behalf of more than 600,000 Brazilians affected by the 2015 Fundão dam collapse. With the miners found liable in November, the case’s two main financial backers are now at odds over how to maximize the payout — and which lawyers should lead the next phase. North Wall Capital and Gramercy Funds Management are locked in a behind-the-scenes…

Ledger SAS, a maker of hardware devices used to store cryptocurrencies, is combining oversight of its internal technology systems and security under a single executive, as a rise in artificial intelligence-fueled crypto attacks pushes companies to rethink their defenses. Paris-based Ledger has hired Oded Blatman as chief information officer and chief security officer, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Blatman — who was previously at blockchain firm Fireblocks — will have a broad remit including cyber and infrastructure security, product, physical and workplace security, as well as internal IT and enterprise risk, the company said. Combining these responsibilities under…

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could push small and medium-sized businesses out of global supply chains, increasing economic concentration and weakening the resilience of international trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said on Tuesday [Sept. 8]. Rising energy bills, freight rates, insurance premiums and financing constraints sparked by the U.S-Iran war place heavier burdens on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than on large firms, leaving them more vulnerable than large corporations that can diversify suppliers, markets and funding sources. SMEs account for around 90% of global businesses, 70% of employment and 50% of world GDP, according…

City and town leaders across Connecticut have been fielding growing pushback from residents over automated license plate readers, which opponents say raise a range of concerns about privacy. But as many state and local leaders have called for a pause on the technology to weigh new policy guidance, sSeveral towns are installing AI-powered license plate readers on school buses. More than half a dozen towns — including Vernon, Bridgeport, Danbury, Shelton, Stratford, North Haven and New Haven — have contracted with a company called BusPatrol, which installs the technology on the towns’ bus fleets, then uses it to gather footage…