Monday, March 28, 2005

Mesothelioma News

Jury Hands Down Verdict of $8.6 Million in Favor of Machinist With Mesothelioma (PR Web via Yahoo! News)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) March 25, 2005 -- A jury awarded over $8.6 million in the case of a 60-year old Navy machinist and engineering officer, Anthony Cadlo, who was exposed to asbestos in products made by John Crane, Inc. and Metalclad Insulation Corp. (Anthony Cadlo and Maxlyn Cadlo v. John Crane Inc. and Metalclad Insulation Corp., Case No. 412325, San Francisco Superior Court). Mr. Cadlo

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Local biotech pushing for anti-cancer drug (BizJournals)

With $40 million in its pocket from a February initial public offering and some promising clinical trial data, Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. has opened the door to at least one final clinical trial by mid 2006.

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Jury Hands Down Verdict of $8.6 Million in Favor of Machinist With Mesothelioma (PR Web)

A jury awarded over $8.6 million in the case of a 60-year old Navy machinist and engineering officer who was exposed to asbestos in pump and valve packing, gaskets, and insulation. [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]

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Pure asbestos in Qbn homes (Canberra Times)

Up to 60 Queanbeyan families are living in homes full of potentially deadly loose-fibre pure asbestos, pumped into the ceiling spaces of houses as insulation.

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Search-engine ingenuity (Newsday)

A decade ago, Netscape and Microsoft fought the browser wars. Now it's Web War II as three well-known technology names - Google, Yahoo and, again, Microsoft - fight out the battle of the search engines.

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Local CPA oversees asbestos trust fund (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Certified public accountant Mark M. Gleason spends much of his time helping clients, either buyers or sellers, value an asset to determine a fair price. But the Pittsburgh accountant also is gaining a national reputation for knowing how to make assets last.

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FOCUS: Going to work neednt be a pain (New Straits Times)

Aches and pains that don t go away may indicate something s wrong with not you, but your workplace, writes K.T. CHELVI. THERE are many out there whose jobs are a real pain, literally.

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SAN FRANCISCO Ex-Navy engineer wins asbestos suit (San Francisco Chronicle)

A jury has awarded $2.1 million to a 60-year-old former Navy engineer and his wife for exposure to asbestos that left him with terminal lung cancer.

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SAN FRANCISCO / Ex-Navy engineer wins asbestos suit (San Francisco Chronicle)

A jury has awarded $2.1 million to a 60-year-old former Navy engineer and his wife for exposure to asbestos that left him with terminal lung cancer. Anthony and Maxlyn Cadlo of Pine Haven, Wyo., won the verdict Tuesday against John Crane Inc. of...

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Here Are the Cheapest and Most Expensive Stocks: John Dorfman (Bloomberg.com)

March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Once a year, mostly for fun and partly for profit, I try to identify the three cheapest stocks in the U.S. market and the three most expensive.

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