James Hardie assures fund of help
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James Hardie Industries says it has written to the foundation it set up to compensate asbestos victims reaffirming its willingness to top up the fund.
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Asbestos victims have hailed an agreement detailing how James Hardie intends to compensate them, but caution the deal is not yet legally binding.
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Australian building products company James Hardie Industries NV broke the Corporations Law in February 2001 when it announced its fund to compensate asbestos disease sufferers was &quot;fully funded,&quot; a special inquiry has found.
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The secretary of state offered support for efforts to bring stability to the country.
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Here's some help for those between a rock and a hard place.
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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.
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The government insists that it will do what it can to support areas of England devastated by flooding.
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Ministers are set to announce more money to help workers who have lost their pensions, Gordon Brown tells MPs.
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THE Prince of Wales toured the flood-hit village of Boscastle yesterday - and pledged to make a &quot;substantial&quot; donation to those facing a massive clean-up operation.
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The British Treasury said it would facilitate a sale of the troubled mortgage lender while trying to ensure that taxpayers will not have to pay for the bankâs rescue.
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Edinburgh's Hogmanay chiefs set up donation points for the tsunami appeal as it is announced Scotland has given Â£4.5m.
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The Scottish Executive pledges a further Â£9m to help some of the world's poorest people, it is announced.
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SYDNEY - James Hardie Industries yesterday agreed to pay A$1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) in compensation to people with asbestos-related diseases.
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Australian building products group, James Hardie, agrees to pay $1.1bn to sufferers of asbestos-related diseases.
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Mortgage lender Northern Rock calls on Bank of England to provide emergency funding.
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A Â£7.5m scheme will match private donations to universities with government money.
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The British government says it will give at least Â£15m to help the victims of the Asian earthquake.