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  June 2, 2003   Hatch to Hold Hearing on Asbestos Litigation Tomorrow Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a Tuesday hearing to consider legislation he introduced aimed at

  May 30, 2003   Court May Grant Creditors' Committee Derivative Standing To Assert Avoidance Actions Rejecting the view of the prior Cybergenics panel opinion, a majority of the Third Circuit

  June 4, 2003 Stalled Asbestos Litigation Bill Faces Test In Public Hearing As the Senate Judiciary Committee planned to open controversial asbestos litigation reform efforts to a public forum today

  June 3, 2003   Report on Manufacturing Drives Up Dow Jones Optimistic reports on manufacturing yesterday temporarily drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 9,000 level for the first time

  June 6, 2003   U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose Last Week to 442,000 U.S. initial filings for state unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to the highest since the end of April as

  June 12, 2003   Labor Circulates Letter Opposing Hatch's Asbestos Bill Hope for bipartisan support of a proposed asbestos compensation bill took a heavy hit yesterday as the AFL-CIO circulated to

  June 11, 2003   Asbestos Bill Slated For Markup A bill creating a separate court system and a pool for compensation for asbestos-related litigation is tentatively scheduled for a Senate Judiciary

  June 10, 2003   House to Vote on Measure To Fix Bankruptcy Quirk The House is scheduled to vote on a measure today that would require credit-reporting agencies to change the way involuntary

  June 5, 2003   Investors Still Expect Fed to Cut Rates The vast U.S. services sector showed a solid rebound in May and mortgage applications surged to a record high last week, but the reports failed

  June 9, 2003   House Subcommittee to Hold Third FCRA Hearing The House Financial Services Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will hold the third in a series of hearings on