Tenet Settles Lawsuits for &#36;395 Million
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Embattled hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp.  on Tuesday said it will pay &#36;395 million to settle litigation with patients claiming one of its hospitals performed unnecessary heart surgeries.
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The nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday it has agreed to pay $60 million to settle 45 lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests.
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A federal judge in New York has approved a $2.6 billion settlement of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 170,000 WorldCom investors who claimed they were defrauded by Citigroup.
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The nation&#39;s largest public pension fund has agreed to disclose more than $200 million in annual money management fees to settle a lawsuit by a media coalition.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer's campaign has agreed to pay a &#36;31,000 fine to settle a campaign finance case.
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A class-action lawsuit that alleged Microsoft Corp. overcharged consumers was settled Wednesday for an undisclosed amount.
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The commercial insurer reached an agreement with several states to pay $6 million to resolve an investigation into fees it paid to brokers.
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Tenet Healthcare Corp.  said on  Thursday it reached a $900 million deal with the federal  government to settle allegations it bilked Medicare, the U.S.  health insurance program for the elderly, lifting shares as  much as 9 percent.
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WASHINGTON -- A federal initiative to repay investors who lost money because of corporate wrongdoing and other misdeeds has amassed $2.6 billion in just two years and has played a role in almost 100 cases settled by federal regulators.
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Tenet Healthcare said Tuesday that it would pay $395 million to settle litigation with patients claiming that one of its hospitals performed unnecessary heart operations.
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The Financial Times reported yesterday that Microsoft paid the Computer and Communications Industry Association $19.75 million earlier this month to settle an antitrust suit, and that the association&#39;s top official received $9.75 million of that amount.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has settled lawsuits with 144 victims of sexual abuse by priests for $198 million, the diocese and lawyers for the victims said on Friday.
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International Business Machines Corp. said yesterday that it agreed to settle most of the issues in a lawsuit over changes in its pension plans on terms that allow the company to continue to appeal a key question while capping its liability at &#36;1.7 billion.
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(New York-AP, Sept. 3, 2004 5:40 PM) _ Pfizer agreed to pay $430 million to settle lawsuits alleging injury from insulation products made by a subsidiary.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport agreed to pay &#36;9 million Thursday to settle 37 claims of sexual abuse by priests &#151; a deal that could lift any immediate threat of bankruptcy.
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Time Warner Inc. yesterday agreed to pay &#36;510 million to settle criminal and civil charges stemming from an accounting scandal at its America Online division, moving to end a messy affair that tarnished its image and impeded its business after its merger with AOL in 2001.
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Officials in the nation's capital announced the &#36;425,000 settlement of a lawsuit Monday stemming from a mass arrest that occurred not far from the White House nearly 28 months ago.