By Lisa Girion and Michael Erman (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson was ordered on Thursday by a New Jersey state jury to pay punitive damages of $750 million to four plaintiffs who allege that the company’s Baby Powder caused their cancer, a ruling that will be reduced to around $185 million because of state laws, […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A new coronavirus that has killed 170 people in China and spread to over a dozen other countries has roiled global commodity markets, raising fears of weaker demand and disrupting raw material supply chains in the world’s most populous country. All but around 100 of the nearly 8,000 cases so far identified […]
VITROLLES, France (Reuters) – Staff working in a supermarket of French retailer Carrefour <CARR.PA> in the southern city of Vitrolles will receive protective masks after some employees walked out over health risks associated with the coronavirus, a union said on Monday. Employees had criticized working conditions after some have tested positive for coronavirus, the union […]
