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...But at least with asbestos, you had a situation where it was recognised that asbestos was a dangerous product....
...They argue that bankruptcy schemes deployed by solvent corporations are an abuse of bankruptcy courts and deny wronged people their right to trial by jury....
...But after an outcry from locals, media, and heritage groups, the corporation backtracked to look again at whether it is possible to retain the buildings....
...“We continue to stand behind the safety of Johnson’s Baby Powder, which is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer.”...
...J&J, which began selling baby powder in 1894, denies its talc-based products contain traces of asbestos and cause cancer....
...French cement group Saint-Gobain, Trane Technologies and J&J all followed when hit with a swath of asbestos-related tort cases....
...“This is a bridge too far in a case already replete with questionable manipulations of the bankruptcy code by one of the wealthiest corporations on earth,” the states wrote in the filing....
...J&J has denied its talc contains asbestos and can cause cancer....
...“We continue to stand behind the safety of Johnson’s Baby Powder, which is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer,” said J&J....
...“We maintain our position that Johnson’s Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer,” he said....
...Koch Industries’ Georgia-Pacific is using a similar manoeuvre to try to limit its liabilities against asbestos claims....
...Buyers of old homes have to cope with rotten roofs, asbestos shingles and lead paint....
...The Bose Corporation emerged from Building 20; so did computing powerhouse DEC; so did the hacker movement, via the Tech Model Railroad Club....
...Through acquiring The Guthrie Corporation, BBA became the owner of Page Avjet, a provider of services to the private jet market in the US....
...Its first private owner hoped to fill it with rollercoasters and waterfalls — but failed to overcome the potentially lethal asbestos....
...Mr Page said the first choice of location turned out to have asbestos....
...When I visit, signs on the doors warn that asbestos removal is under way. The fourth floor is open plan and warehouselike, almost empty except for a small, locked room marooned in the centre....
...We have already seen the costs of not listening to early warnings from science; from asbestos to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), from bee-killing pesticides to DES (a pill given to pregnant women to prevent...
...Last November, the pension fund of defunct asbestos maker Turner & Newall completed a £1.1bn deal with L&G....
...He provided the bank with a worthless guarantee from Oregon Finance Corporation using accounting documents that were false and bearing forged attribution certificates....
...Trucks with water cannons rush in to hose down the rusty billowing smoke to stop asbestos pouring out. Slowly, amid the twisted metal, the dust settles....
...the world’s largest pharmaceutical company by market value took significant impairment charges relating to its acquisition of rival Wyeth last year and set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to cover asbestos...
...Richard Pennycook, the supermarket group’s chief financial officer, said the deal would free a “significant amount of capital” from Morrison’s own captive insurer, a kind of vehicle used commonly by large corporations...
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