International Business News - Mercury http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Concerns about mercury poisoning and pollution blamed on mining in Guyana and Suriname is prompting the World Wildlife Fund to educate workers about the risks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/miners-in-south-america-warned-of-mercury-dangers.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:48:54 EST Among the earnings stories for Monday, Nov. 3, from AP Financial News: LOS ANGELES (AP)--Auto insurer Mercury General Corp. said Monday it swung to a loss in the third quarter, as it paid out more in claims and expenses than it received from writing new premiums. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/earnings-roundup-mercury-general-simon-property.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:06:53 EST Auto insurer Mercury General Corp. said Monday it swung to a loss in the third quarter, as it paid out more in claims and expenses than it received from writing new premiums. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/mercury-general-swings-to-3rd-quarter-loss.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:05:55 EST Insurance broker Aon Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Auto Insurance Specialist Management Group unit to Mercury General Corp. for $120 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/aon-to-sell-auto-insurance-unit-to-mercury-general.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:15:18 EDT The United States will eventually stop all exports of elemental mercury, a neurotoxin harmful to humans, under legislation sponsored by Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and signed into law by President Bush on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/bush-signs-obama-bill-banning-mercury-exports.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:41:34 EDT The House on Monday sent to President Bush a bill sponsored by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama that would eventually ban the export of elemental mercury. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/congress-sends-mercury-export-ban-to-president.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:08:58 EDT A federal appeals court has refused to overturn a $2.6 million settlement in a dispute over mercury pollution from a cement factory in Alpena. The decision last week comes more than nine years after a group of Alpena residents filed a lawsuit against Lafarge Corp. in federal court in Detroit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/deal-stands-between-cement-factory-residents.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:32:07 EDT Three former board members of Mercury Interactive, a business software company acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. for $4.9 billion in 2006, have each agreed to pay $100,000 fines in a settlement with federal regulators over stock options tampering. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/former-mercury-interactive-directors-settle.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:19:45 EDT Opening statements are scheduled to begin later this month in the trial of a Texas-based gas company accused of illegally storing containers of mercury in a vacant building in Pawtucket. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/trial-to-begin-over-mercury-storage-spill-in-ri.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:14:32 EDT With U.S. sales continuing to decline, a top Ford Motor Co. executive said he expects to see more Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealers willing to consolidate with others, speeding up plans to thin their ranks nationwide. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/ford-exec-sees-dealership-ranks-thinning.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:39:07 EDT Wisconsin environmental officials say they won't make the changes legislators want in new mercury emissions standards. The Department of Natural Resources has proposed rules calling for utilities to slash mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2015. Utilities can extend that deadline to 2021 if they can achieve significant reductions in other pollutants as well. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/wis-officials-refuse-to-modify-mercury-rules.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:37:40 EDT Wisconsin lawmakers want big changes in a plan to force utilities to dramatically reduce mercury emissions. The Republican-controlled Assembly Natural Resources committee voted 7-6 to send the regulations back to state pollution officials for revisions. The committee wants the agency to wipe out provisions calling for reductions in other pollutants and produce a study on the rules' economic impact. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/wisconsin-officials-defend-mercury-emission-rules.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:47:09 EDT Fidelity National Financial Inc. said that it has purchased the Colorado operations of Mercury Cos. Inc., a Denver-based firm that owns title companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/fidelity-national-buying-colorado-title-companies.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:25:27 EDT Mercury General Corp. said Monday its profit rose about 1.8 percent in the second quarter as the auto insurer benefited from an investment gain. Mercury General earned $70.7 million, or $1.29 per share, up from $69.51 million, or $1.27 per share, during the same period last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/mercury-general-profit-2q-up-modestly-on-gain.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:31:08 EDT Mercury Cos. Inc., a Denver-based firm that owns title companies, said that it was shutting down operations in Arizona, Texas and California. Mercury also has title businesses in Colorado and Oregon which will continue to operate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/colo-based-mercury-cos-shuttering-title-offices.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:26:49 EDT The 100 people who met here were equally passionate but evenly split in their opinions of a proposed coal-fired, $1.25 billion power plant on the banks of the Great Pee Dee River. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/s-c-residents-question-regulators-about-mercury.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:39:19 EDT People trust dentists with their health. Some members of Congress are more skeptical. The dental industry, asked to testify Tuesday about pollution from mercury in tooth fillings, found itself under attack from lawmakers who blame mercury for everything from autism in children to skin discoloration. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/dental-industry-gets-an-earful-on-mercury.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:57:09 EDT State-owned utility Santee Cooper said it will put additional environmental controls on a proposed coal-fired power plant that will halve the amount of mercury to be released by the facility. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/sc-utility-lowers-potential-mercury-releases.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:33:48 EDT Wisconsin utilities would have to cut mercury emissions by 90 percent over the next decade under a rule the state Natural Resources Board unanimously approved Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/wis-board-approves-tighter-mercury-limits.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:52 EDT Wisconsin can move ahead with new rules to limit mercury emissions from coal burning power plants after a judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit that threatened to derail the process. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/judge-allows-wis-rules-on-mercury-to-move-ahead.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:35:40 EDT