Building giant in asbestos payout
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Australian building products group James Hardie has agreed to pay $1.1bn (Â£568m) to victims of asbestos-related diseases. The landmark deal could see thousands of people suffering from lung diseases - caused
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, has posted a record annual net profit of 10.45 billion US dollars and delivered an upbeat outlook amid unprecedented global demand for commodities.
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The company has earned its nosebleed valuation.
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INSURERS face paying out millions of pounds after they failed in a legal bid yesterday to stop paying compensation to workers who developed a lung condition after they were exposed to asbestos.
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Building products maker James Hardie reached a landmark agreement Tuesday to compensate thousands of Australians suffering crippling lung diseases caused by the asbestos it made decades ago.
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THOUSANDS of construction workers and victims of asbestos were today making their way through central Sydney to rally outside a general meeting of James Hardie shareholders.
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Insurer Tower is going ahead with a plan to spin off its Australian money management business, raising A$130 million ($143 million) for acquisitions in the transtasman life and general insurance markets.
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ABB Ltd. ABBN.VX has resolved asbestos   claims against its U.S. subsidiary Lummus, the Swiss-based   engineering giant said on Friday, putting an end to its   asbestos woes and paving the way for the sale of the unit.
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Troubled engineering giant Halliburton has won a US court order approving the settlement of asbestos claims by the end of the month.
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ABB yesterday tried to play down an appeals court setback that could derail its $1.2bn US asbestos liability settlement. Shares in the Swiss-Swedish engineering
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WORLEY Group became a true global player in mining services yesterday with the acquisition of an American partner. The $US245 million ($A350 million) purchase of US-based Parsons E&amp;C will turn Worley into a near billion-dollar business.
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SYDNEY: Australian building products firm James Hardie Industries NV may face criminal charges after a government inquiry found it broke the law by saying it had enough money in a fund to compensate thousands of asbestos victims.
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HOUSTON, OCTOBER26: Hallburton Co. swung to a loss in the third quarter due to $230 million in charges to pay for a settlement of asbestos claims.
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New economy bigwig pays off a crusty old foe.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a &#36;140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims and cap the liability of companies paying them damages.
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Shares in James Hardie Industries NV rallied on news that two key executives will stand aside, rather than resign, over the company&#39;s underfunding of asbestos compensation.
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MORE than 700 asbestos disease victims face reduced payouts in the immediate future after James Hardie&#39;s compensation fund today applied for provisional liquidation.