Appeals Court Rejects ABB Ltd.'s $1.2 Billion Asbestos Settlement Plan
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A federal appeals court has rejected a $1.2 billion asbestos settlement plan for ABB Ltd., a setback for restructuring efforts by the Swiss-Swedish engineering company.
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South Africa's Competition Tribunal has rejected a request by Gold Fields Ltd. to block a &#36;7.1 billion hostile takeover by Harmony Gold Mining Co. that would create the world's largest gold mining company.
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Australian building group James Hardie Industries misled the public when it said it had set aside enough money to meet asbestos compensation claims.
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Shares in ABB plunged by more than 14 percent following a rejection by US appeals court of the Swedish-Swiss engineering group's 1.2 billion dollar asbestos settlement, which dashed hopes of a swift conclusion of the issue, dealers said.
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ABB Ltd., the Swiss-Swedish electrical engineering giant, said Thursday it had lost its bid to have a U.S. appeals court partially review its $1.2 billion asbestos-claims settlement.
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Gold Fields Ltd. won an appeal on Friday in its battle to stave off a hostile $7.1 billion takeover by Harmony Gold Mining Co. that would create the world&#39;s largest gold mining company.
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A businessman wins an appeal against a High Court ruling to pay back Â£2m he lost in one night.
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A federal judge in Dallas yesterday rejected a $6 million settlement in a shareholder suit that alleged Halliburton Co. engaged in accounting fraud, saying the lead plaintiffs&#39; lawyer mishandled the case and may have settled for too little money.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the financier Ronald O. Perelman, who asked the court to restore a $1.58 billion verdict against the investment bank Morgan Stanley.
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A US court rejects a government lawsuit accusing the tobacco industry of covering up the effects of smoking.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Gold Fields Ltd. welcomed Friday a decision handed down by a South African appeals court that the company said temporarily blocks Harmony Gold Mining Ltd.
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A federal appeals court Friday rejected the government's attempt to recover $280 billion from tobacco companies, even if the Department of Justice prevails in its suit that the companies defrauded and misled the American public.
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US tobacco companies applaud an appeal court decision rejecting a $280bn claim by the government.
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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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The federal appeals court  here on Thursday rejected webcasters&#39; request to postpone  implementation of a new royalty rate for music they air over  the Web.
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A Dutch court overturned an earlier ruling that had barred ABN Amro from selling its American subsidiary as part of a takeover deal with Barclays.
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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.