California governor wants to grill PG&E about financing plan

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy faced another threat from California Gov. Gavin Newsom during a Tuesday court hearing that set the stage for a potentially dramatic showdown later this month. Newsom’s lawyers told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali they want to grill PG&E about the company’s plans... Read More

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PG&E

February 11, 2020

Amazon wants to question Trump over losing $10B contract bid

Amazon wants President Donald Trump to submit to questioning over the tech company’s losing bid for a $10 billion military contract. The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October. Amazon later sued, arguing that Trump’s interference and bias against the company harmed Amazon’s chances. Amazon was considered an early front-runner for a... Read More

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Amazon

February 11, 2020

Judge stalls Uber, Postmates challenge to California job law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday refused to exempt ride-hailing company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates from a broad new California labor law while she considers their lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles denied the companies’ request for a preliminary injunction protecting them from the law aimed... Read More

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Postmates, Uber

February 11, 2020

Judge clears major hurdle in T-Mobile’s $26.5B Sprint bid

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has removed a major obstacle to T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint, as he rejected claims by a group of states that the deal would mean less competition and higher phone bills. After the deal closes, the number of major U.S. wireless companies would shrink from four to... Read More

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Sprint, T-Mobile

February 7, 2020

San Francisco official, businessman make court appearance

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco official known around town as “Mr. Clean” and a charity-promoting restaurateur whom federal officials say conspired to line their own pockets at the expense of taxpayers’ trust appeared in court Thursday for the first time since their arrest last week. The FBI arrested public works director Mohammed Nuru... Read More

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Mohammed Nuru

February 7, 2020

Company tied to deadly Houston blast files for bankruptcy

HOUSTON (AP) — A company filed for bankruptcy Thursday in the wake of a massive explosion at one of its warehouses in Houston that killed two workers, injured 20 more and damaged hundreds of buildings. Watson Grinding and Manufacturing said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Houston federal court because of what it expects... Read More

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Watson Grinding and Manufacturing

February 7, 2020

Victims: PG&E still has rickety power line near Paradise

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California city of Paradise and killed 85 people, according to an expert inspection conducted as part of a legal claim. In an inspection just two months ago,... Read More

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PG&E

February 5, 2020

PG&E clears another bankruptcy hurdle with debt refinancing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that moves Pacific Gas & Electric closer to getting out of bankruptcy, but the troubled utility still must navigate nettlesome obstacles from the state of California. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali signed off on the deal to refinance billions of dollars in debt... Read More

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PG&E

February 3, 2020

Bernie Ebbers, ex-CEO convicted in WorldCom scandal, dies

The former chief of WorldCom, convicted in one of the largest corporate accounting scandals in U.S. history, died just over a month after his early release from prison. Bernard Ebbers was 78. The Canadian-born former telecommunications executive died Sunday in Brookhaven, Mississippi, surrounded by his family, according to a family statement. WorldCom Inc. collapsed and... Read More

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Bernie Ebbers

January 31, 2020

American Airlines pilots sue to halt flights to China

DALLAS (AP) — The pilots’ union at American Airlines sued on Thursday to stop the carrier from flying to China and told members not to operate flights there because of the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American’s 15,000 pilots, asked a state district court in Dallas for an injunction to halt... Read More

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American Airlines

January 31, 2020

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $344M in pelvic mesh case

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego judge on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $344 million in penalties for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh devices for women. Superior Court Judge Eddie Sturgeon ruled against the medical giant in a lawsuit brought in 2016 by the California Department of Justice. “Johnson & Johnson knew... Read More

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Johnson & Johnson

January 30, 2020

PG&E and California governor at odds over bankruptcy plan

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric attorneys on Wednesday assured a federal judge the utility will emerge from bankruptcy by its June deadline, even as California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to follow through on his threat to have the state take over the nation’s largest utility. The contradictory scenarios unfolded during a PG&E... Read More

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PG&E

January 30, 2020

Apple, Broadcom told to pay Caltech $1.1B in patent lawsuit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury on Wednesday decided that Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion to the California Institute of Technology for infringing on patents. Apple was on the hook for nearly $838 million of the damages awarded in a lawsuit that said Broadcom used its patented Wi-Fi data transmission... Read More

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Apple, Broadcom, Caltech

January 30, 2020

Federal grand jury subpoenas 3M over chemical discharges

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — 3M has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in connection to discharges from a chemical plant in northern Alabama that may not have complied with permit requirements. Michael Roman, the Minnesota-based company’s CEO, announced the subpoena during an investor conference call Tuesday, WHNT-TV reported. The company faced lawsuits and public... Read More

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California governor wants to grill PG&E about financing plan

Amazon wants to question Trump over losing $10B contract bid

Judge stalls Uber, Postmates challenge to California job law

Judge clears major hurdle in T-Mobile’s $26.5B Sprint bid

San Francisco official, businessman make court appearance

Company tied to deadly Houston blast files for bankruptcy

Victims: PG&E still has rickety power line near Paradise

PG&E clears another bankruptcy hurdle with debt refinancing

Bernie Ebbers, ex-CEO convicted in WorldCom scandal, dies

American Airlines pilots sue to halt flights to China

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $344M in pelvic mesh case

PG&E and California governor at odds over bankruptcy plan

Apple, Broadcom told to pay Caltech $1.1B in patent lawsuit

Federal grand jury subpoenas 3M over chemical discharges

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