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Corning posts $203 million profit in third quarter
AP via Newsday - hit with $2.7 billion in restructuring, impairment, asbestos litigation and other charges charges in its telecommunications division and $68 in asbestos litigation charges

Halliburton boosted by oil work
BBC - figure was hit by a one-off $230m payment to settle asbestos charges. Despite KBR's setbacks in Iraq, it remains the US

American Financial posts loss on reserve boost
Reuters - hurt by a charge to boost reserves for potential asbestos and other environmental claims per share, resulted from adding reserves for asbestos and other environmental exposures

Corning posts $203 million profit in 3Q
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer - it was hit with $2.7 billion in restructuring, asbestos litigation and other charges restructuring charges in its telecommunications division and $68 in asbestos litigation charges

Halliburton swings to third-quarter profit
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer - ago period included a $230 million charge to settle asbestos and silica claims, which dragged quarterly results lower by

Utah Restaurant Company Sentenced for Clean Air Act Violation
Environmental Protection Agency - of Utah for negligently releasing asbestos while replacing the roof of the also ordered to conduct an asbestos survey of its Utah stores, develop an asbestos management plan

9.43am Unions concerned over asbestos
Courier Mail - Unions concerned over asbestos 28oct05 UNIONS in South Australia fear a surge in asbestos-related diseases because of the Federal Government's proposed industrial relations reforms.

Solar plan for historic NASA hangar deemed impractical
SiliconValley.com - when the Environmental Protection Agency discovered that asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, coated the

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