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  February 12, 2003 ABA Approves Asbestos Litigation Resolution The American Bar Association's (ABA) House of Delegates yesterday voted to approve a resolution requiring asbestos litigants to meet

    February 11 , 2003   Senate Judiciary Committee Sets Asbestos Litigation Hearing CongressDaily reported that the Senate Judiciary Committee is planning an early March hearing on asbestos

  February 10, 2003 Pacific Gas Creditors Won't Get to Vote on Reorganization Again Creditors of PG&E Corp.'s Pacific Gas & Electric Co. won't get another chance to vote on two competing

  February 7, 2003 U.S. Consumer Borrowing Up $3.5 Billion in December U.S. consumer borrowing rose by $3.5 billion in December, completing the slowest quarter for borrowing in more than a decade

  February 6, 2003 Bill to Curb Class-Action Lawsuits Introduced in Senate As anticipated, Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), along with Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)

  February 5, 2003 Attorneys' Group To Join Asbestos Litigation Debate The nation's largest lawyers group is jumping into the debate over multibillion-dollar asbestos lawsuits and, in an unusual move

  February 4, 2003 Nickles Drafting Measure To Restrict Asbestos Litigation A spokeswoman for Senate Budget Chairman Don Nickles (R-Okla.) confirmed on Friday that he is drafting an asbestos

  February 3, 2003 Consumer Spending Rises in December Consumer spending rose 0.9 percent in December, the largest increase in five months, even while personal income increased by just 0.4 percent

January 31, 2003 Previous Headlines   US Airways Seeks Approval to End Pilot Pension Plan US Airways Group Inc., the seventh-largest U.S. carrier, is seeking court approval to terminate its pilot

January 30, 2003 Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged The Federal Reserve yesterday voted to leave a key interest rate unchanged at a 41-year low, reported CongressDaily. After a two-day meeting