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IndustryWeek
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BusinessWeek
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How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles. Suddenly, it's a tough time to be a plantiffs' attorney. |
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May 1, 2003
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Misery Loves Another Company Federal-Mogul, burdened with asbestos claims, tests the limits of bankruptcy law. |
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Reason
March 2007
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Dangerous When in Power In the U.S., does government protect us from hazardous products, or does it put us in harm's way? |
BusinessWeek
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A Break For The Defense As doctors who validate tort claims come under scrutiny, business is on the offensive. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2007 |
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Mother Jones
June 2000
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Libby's Deadly Grace W.R. Grace & Company knew all along that abestos from its Libby, Montana, mine was sickening workers and their families -- but said nothing. Only now, a decade after the mine closed, are the town's residents learning the painful truth. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
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In India, Slum Roofing Is Cheap -- and Deadly The top importer of asbestos, India is lax on factory regulations |
This Old House
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What You Need to Know About Asbestos Unfortunately, asbestos can be found in a myriad of household materials. We'll tell you where to look... |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2005
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Is Asbestos Hazardous to This Stock? The Department of Justice issues an indictment against mining company W.R. Grace and seven executives in response to allegations that the company knowingly exposed townspeople and miners to airborne asbestos particles in Libby, Montana. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
April 17, 2006
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A New Fear About Bird Flu Among the outfits struggling to fend off asbestos lawsuits are industrial safety companies, which make cheap, disposable, polypropylene masks. Such "respirators" could play an essential role in containing any outbreak, but in the U.S., they are in ominously short supply. |
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Asbestos linked to ovarian cancer Women exposed to asbestos fibers through work were one-and-three-quarter times more likely to develop ovarian cancer |
CIO
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See You in Court Inadequate security leaves companies open not just to hackers but to lawsuits. Realize why lawsuits over failed information security are imminent. Determine how your company may be liable for damage caused by hackers. Learn how to prepare and respond... |
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Does Welding Make You Sick? The welding industry won an early round, but a mass tort battle could be brewing. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2007
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Reason
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June 1, 2006
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The Big (Not So) Easy The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee has approved legislation that the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America fears could raise rates for consumers and drive insurers that still are dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina from the Louisiana market. |
BusinessWeek
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Why Dow Chemical Should Be a Buy Long-awaited relief may be around the corner for Dow Chemical. Although its stock has leaped from 25 in mid-March to 30 on July 16, the Street is far from convinced that the largest U.S. chemical company is out of the woods. But some pros think it's time to buy. |
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Rich Smith |
American Pressured Investors fall in love with home fixtures maker American Standard, but for all the wrong reasons. American Standard's stock price is at an all-time high. |
