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A Japanese millionaire says he was unfairly denied a ride into outer space after paying $21 million to a Virginia company that made its name brokering such deals.
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The Florida Marlins moved closer to getting their new downtown ballpark when a judge rejected the last piece of a lawsuit challenging the project.
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Shares of TiVo Inc. plunged on Friday after a federal judge delayed granting its request to hold Dish Network Corp. in contempt of an injunction as part of a long-simmering patent infringement case.
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Federal regulators improperly granted Shell Oil permission for exploratory drilling in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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Drug distributor McKesson Corp. said Friday it will pay consumers and health plans $350 million to settle lawsuits alleging it inflated the price of hundreds of drugs.
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Pharmaceutical and medical products maker Abbott Laboratories Inc. has announced settlements totaling about $184 million for a federal court case involving class action claims over its popular cholesterol medication TriCor.
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Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, ever active in retirement, returned to a federal appeals court bench Thursday to hear cases that included a UPS Inc. workplace disability dispute.
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Kadant Inc., which makes paper-producing equipment, said Friday a federal court had dismissed a lawsuit by consumers over allegedly defective decking and railing products.
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Federal regulators improperly granted Shell Oil permission for exploratory drilling in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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A Malaysian technology conglomerate pledged Friday to repay $900,000 to Hollywood star Bruce Willis, but denied any wrongdoing after he took legal action to demand a refund of his investment.
Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | Source: The Associated Press
Trustees at all of Florida's 11 state universities could raise tuition up to 15 percent a year under a proposal Gov. Charlie Crist announced Thursday, but it immediately drew opposition from a top Democratic lawmaker.
Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | Source: The Associated Press
A Kansas jury has ordered AT&T to pay almost $17 million for overcharging its California customers in passing along a federally mandated phone fee.
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In 2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement.
Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | Source: The Associated Press
FreightCar America Inc. said Thursday that a federal judge has approved a class-action settlement over the closure of a Pennsylvania manufacturing plant.
Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | Source: The Associated Press
A jury has ordered drugmaker Roche to pay nearly $13 million to three patients who claim they developed a chronic bowel disorder because of the company's acne drug Accutane.