Bus company to pay 10 million in Houston crash settlement
Cincinnati based First Transit will pay 10 million to Jennifer Rodriguez’s family after a 2001 Houston crash left the 9 year old girl burn to death. The settlement stems from deficient driver training and screening and may be influenced by proposed tort reform measures.
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Metropolitan Transit Authority
Sherelyn Wood
First Transit
Roland Rodriguez
Monika Guerrero Vega
Jennifer Marie Rodriguez
Jennifer Rodriguez
J’net Ann
Roland
Metro
Richard Mithhoff
Jennifer
Rodriguez
Mithoff
Clifford Wayne Kidd
Kidd
Cincinnati
Texas
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
Jon Opelt
Opelt
Stocks Slip as Iraq War Hopes Dim After Jobs Report
U S stocks edged lower on a mixed war news day as a weak March jobs report and Saddam rumors clouded sentiment. Tech shares fell after PeopleSoft earnings warning. Dow dropped to 8236.88 while Nasdaq slid to 1380.12 and S P 500 at 876.36. Labor data showed 108,000 jobs cut with jobless rate at 5.8 percent.
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U.S
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Saddam Hussein
PeopleSoft
Stephen Massocca
Pacific Growth Equities
Dow Jones
Standard & Poor
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Altria
Illinois
Phillip Morris Tobacco
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BlackBerry
Job losses hit March as unemployment holds at 5.8 percent
U S businesses cut 108,000 jobs in March as war in Iraq dampened the economy while the unemployment rate stayed at 5.8 percent. February revisions show 357,000 cuts, with manufacturing and services bearing the brunt and government education jobs dropping.
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U.S
Iraq
Labor Department
Hill Cheney
John Hancock Financial Services
United States
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