Appeals Court Rejects ABB Asbestos Plan
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ZURICH/NEW YORK  - A U.S. appeals court on  Thursday rejected ABB's ABBN.VX ABB.N bid for a $1.2  billion asbestos settlement that would end years of legal  wrangling and put a cap on asbestos claims filed by thousands  of former workers.
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Gold Fields Ltd. said Friday that a South Africa&#39;s Competition Appeal Court has temporarily blocked a hostile takeover bid from Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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SYDNEY: Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it was disappointed a proposed alliance with Air New Zealand (ANZ) had been rejected by New Zealand&#39;s high court but ruled out appealing decision.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday  rejected the government's bid to force cigarette makers to pay  $280 billion in past profits, striking the toughest sanction  from the racketeering case and lifting tobacco stocks.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport today announced it had rejected a South Korean appeal to reduce Hamm to the silver and give the all-around Olympic gold to a gymnast who lost because of a scoring error.
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A Belfast businessman loses a case against the goverment involving a prime city centre site.
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Appeal court judges reject compensation claims for alleged abuse from former Nazareth House residents.
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A compensation fund for Australian asbestos victims of embattled James Hardie Industries NV said it was filing for liquidation, rejecting a last-minute multi-million dollar cash injection.
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The New Zealand High Court has declined an appeal by Air New Zealand and Qantas against the Commerce Commission&#39;s original decision to disallow the two airlines&#39; application to form a strategic alliance.
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The Court of Appeal rejects a challenge to  a decision to allow a mobile phone mast near three Yorkshire schools.
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A federal appeals court yesterday threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's approach to limiting mercury emitted from power-plant smokestacks, saying the agency ignored laws and twisted logic when it imposed new standards that were favorable to plant owners.
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Swiss engineering firm ABB has suffered a setback over its plans to finalise a $1.2 billion (SFr1.48 billion) asbestos settlement in the United States.
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A federal judge in Dallas rejected a US$6 million settlement proposal on Friday in a securities class-action lawsuit against the Halliburton Co, expressing concern that it was neither fair nor adequate.
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The Supreme Court on Monday decided against imposing a new requirement on employer pension plans.
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BOSTON -- Out-of-state gay couples barred from getting married in Massachusetts said Thursday they would appeal a judge&#39;s ruling that denied their request to halt enforcement of the 1913 law being used to block their unions.
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Refusing to wade into the debate over gay marriage in Massachusetts, the US Supreme Court yesterday rejected a bid to overturn a landmark court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the Bay State.
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he United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta has upheld the valuation by prosecutors of $328 million in losses by investors in HealthSouth.