Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) said it will pay $1.6 billion to settle federal and state claims regarding illegal off-label sales and marketing of its neurologic medication Depakote.
First-quarter earnings season is winding down, with about 84 percent of the S&P 500 constituents already out with their results. However, we will still see a number of bellwether companies reporting results this week, including: Walt Disney, Macy's, Kohl's, OfficeMax, Cisco Systems, Nvidia, News Corp., AOL, Tyson Foods and Priceline.
The brother and co-conspirator of the man who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 was released Thursday after serving over 16 years in prison.
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An ancient piece of pottery was dropped off at a Goodwill thrift store by an unknown donor in New York State. The piece, which could date back to prehistoric times, will now be returned to the Caddo American Indians.
Linda Evangelista, the supermodel who once famously said she wouldn't get out of bed for anything less than $10,000 a day, is asking for $46, 000 a month in child support from her baby daddy Francois-Henri Pinault, who is currently married to actress Salma Hayek.
The part-nationalized bank is expected to make the announcement on Friday during its first-quarter update, where it will also announce pre-tax losses of under £50 million, down from losses of £106 million this time last year.
BP Plc. (NYSE: BP) won preliminary approval of its proposed $7.8 billion settlement of claims relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
An Oracle Corp attorney ruled out a settlement with Hewlett-Packard Co in a bitter lawsuit over the Itanium microprocessor, a day after the judge refused to resolve the case for either side before trial.
Houston-based oil ang gas giant ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has been fined $257 million to settle charges brought by the Chinese government following a massive oil spill. The company's Chinese venture partner, CNOOC Ltd., was also fined, to the tune of $76 million.
The first part in a saga of litigation and claims for damages following the BP 2010 Gulf oil spill is just days away from being finished.
A New York judge on Tuesday rejected an effort by American International Group Inc and other objectors to Bank of America Corp's proposed $8.5 billion mortgage bond settlement to convert the case to a proceeding that may have widened its scope.
Gulf Coast shrimp processors are asking a federal judge to delay final approval of the $7.8 billion settlement between BP and third-party claimants over the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Bank of America Corp directors, who were sued by shareholders for allegedly paying too much for Merrill Lynch & Co in 2008, must defend a proposed $20 million settlement of the claims in federal court in New York, court papers show.
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, a deep-sea biodiversity study suggests residual oil from the BP blowout threatens the stability of the entire Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
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A N.J. bully's punch to the abdomen left a middle school student paralyzed. Now the New Jersey school district that allowed this incident to happen has agreed to pay a $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit from the victim's family.
BP officials announced Wednesday the company has finalized a deal with thousands of plaintiffs for damages sustained as a result of the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history.
In its final progress report, the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill concluded more must be done to prevent a similar disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP Plc (BP.L) said on Wednesday it reached definitive agreements with well over 100,000 private plaintiffs to resolve claims for economic, property and medical damages resulting from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd agreed that their chief executives would participate in settlement talks to try to resolve a patent lawsuit over smartphone and tablet technology, according to a court filing.
Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd agreed that their chief executives would participate in settlement talks to try to resolve a patent lawsuit over smartphone and tablet technology, according to a court filing.