March 18, 2026

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Microsoft Considers Legal Action Over $50B Amazon-OpenAI Cloud Deal

Microsoft is considering legal action against its partner OpenAI and Amazon over a $50 billion deal that could violate its exclusive cloud agreement with the ChatGPT maker, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Last month, Amazon and OpenAI signed several …

JD Power: Homeowners Claims Satisfaction Rises as Repair Times Improve

A combination of faster repair and payment cycle times, along with enhanced digital capabilities, has helped drive significant improvements in the overall customer experience with the property claims process in the United States. JD Power reported those findings while announcing …

US Home Insurance Prices Set to Keep Rising With Severe Weather

U.S. home insurance premiums are set to rise for a fifth straight year in 2026 as insurers grapple with losses from extreme weather and high rebuilding costs. The average annual premium is projected to increase 4% to about $3,057 this …

Shipping Insurance Costs to Cross Hormuz Soar After Vessel Attacks

Insuring vessels to sail through the Strait of Hormuz is still possible, even if at a very high cost, according to people involved in the market. The cost of coverage has leaped to about 5% of the value of a …

Iran-Linked Hackers Take Aim at US And Other Targets, Raising Risk of Cyberattacks

Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war, raising the risk of American defense contractors, power stations and water plants being swept into a wave of digital chaos …

Insurer Wants Its $3.5M Back Because City Delayed Reporting Claims for 5 Years

The city of New Haven’s insurance company is insisting that the city pay back the $3.55 million the insurer paid to settle claims over a 2019 rooming house fire in which two people were killed. Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Co. …

Live Nation Faces ‘Fed Up’ States After 16 Years of Battles

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and dozens of states tried for days last week to settle an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of illegally monopolizing the live entertainment market and overcharging concertgoers millions of dollars for tickets. Despite a federal judge …

Elon Musk, SEC in Talks to Settle Suit Over 2022 Twitter Disclosures

Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are in talks to settle the regulator’s lawsuit accusing the world’s richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter, which he eventually bought for …