ABB says Lummus asbestos claims resolved
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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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UBS agreed to the payments to resolve accusations it steered inappropriate customers into fee-based accounts, the state Attorney Generalâs office said.
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Research In Motion Ltd.    and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.  have  settled a lawsuit in which RIM alleged the South Korean  electronics giant had infringed on its well-known BlackBerry  trademark with its competing BlackJack smartphone.
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A move by insurers to stop compensating people with a condition showing asbestos exposure fails.
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ELEANOR HALL: Talks aimed at finding a long term solution for James Hardie&#39;s asbestos victims are set to restart today. But there seems to be little hope that the sides will find agreement soon on meeting
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A US appeals court on Thursday turned down ABB&#39;s (ABBN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) (ABB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) proposed $1.2 billion settlement of an asbestos lawsuit involving the Swiss engineering group&#39;s Combustion
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Newmont Mining Corp.  said on  Monday it has resolved all disputes relating to its Uzbekistan  joint venture, whose gold and some assets were seized last year  by the government.
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TWO GPs accused of failing to spot &quot;extraordinary coincidences&quot; surrounding the deaths of Harold Shipman&#39;s patients have spoken of their relief after being cleared of serious professional conduct.
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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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Australian building products firm James Hardie Industries Ltd., tainted by a row over asbestos, sought to repair its reputation on Wednesday
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The S.E.C. said that I.B.M. had settled a case in which it had been accused of misleading investors.
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International Business Machines Corp. said yesterday that it agreed to settle most of the issues in a lawsuit over changes in its pension plans on terms that allow the company to continue to appeal a key question while capping its liability at &#36;1.7 billion.
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ROME, Ga. Aug. 26, 2004 - An $80 million settlement was reached Thursday in a lawsuit against a crematory operator by nearly 1,700 relatives of deceased people whose bodies were found strewn across the business&#39; grounds.
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Unions claim a breakthrough in the fight to stop the closure of half the Remploy factories in Britain.
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IBM on Wednesday said it has settled portions of an ongoing lawsuit related to its pension plan and said the potential liability for the other claims that remain on appeal is capped at $1.
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Oilfield services company Halliburton  Co. on Monday said its subsidiaries Kellogg Brown & Root and  DII Industries have emerged from the bankruptcy proceedings  they entered a year ago to facilitate a $4.2 billion asbestos  settlement.
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- ABM Industries Inc.  said its quarterly net income rose over 60 percent as the facility services contractor developed new businesses and expanded services to existing customers.