Asbestos Lawsuit Settlement

Look at just part of the track record of XXX Corporation.

Who is XXX and what media outlets does it own? 10 points for the first answer to provide a full listing of those media outlets.

23 March 1990 Shepherdsville KY – XXX Corporation and others ordered to cleanup PCB contamination of soil and water

27 March 1990 Wilmington NC – XXX Corporation fined for discrimination against employees who report safety violations – $20,000

11 May 1990 Ft. Edward/Hudson Falls – XXX Corporation ordered to clean up PCB contamination of Hudson River – $10 million

27 July 1990 Philadelphia PA – XXX Corporation fined for defrauding government in defense contacts – $30 million

11 Oct 1990 Waterford NY – XXX Corporation fined for pollution at Silicone Products plant – $176,000

20 May 1991 Washington, D.C. – XXX Corporation Ordered to pay damages over improperly tested aircraft parts for Air Force and Navy – $1 million

27 Feb 1992 Allentown PA – XXX Corporation ordered to pay damages for design flaws in nuclear plants – $80 million

4 March 1992 Orange County CA – XXX Corporation fined for violating worker safety rules on handling PCBs – $11,000

13 March 1992 Wilmington NC – XXX Corporation fined for safety violations at nuclear fuel plant – $20,000

22 May 1992 Illinois – XXX Corporation ordered to pay damages for design flaws of nuclear plants – $65 million

22 July 1992 Washington, D.C. – XXX Corporation fined for money laundering and fraud over illegal sale of fighter jets to Israel – $70 million

13 Sep 1992 Chicago IL – XXX Corporation ordered to pay damages for airplane crash – $1.8 million

12 Oct 1992 Nashville TN – XXX Corporation ordered to pay damages for deceptive advertising on lightbulbs – $165,000

27 Oct 1992 Washington D.C. – XXX Corporation ordered to pay damages from overcharging on defense contracts – $576,215

12 May 1992 Washington D.C. – XXX Corporation ordered to pay damages to whistleblower on illegal sale of fighter jets to Israel – $13.4 million

2 March 1993 Riverside CA – XXX Corporation and others ordered to pay damages for contamination from dumping of industrial chemicals – $96 million

11 March 1993 Grove City PA – XXX Corporation and others ordered to clean up mining site – $1.81 million

16 Sep 1993 NY – XXX Corporation ordered to compensate commercial fisherman for PCB contamination of the Hudson River – $7 million

11 Oct 1993 San Francisco – XXX Corporation ordered to offer rebates to consumers after deceptive light bulb advertising – $3.25 million

18 July 1993 Hudson Falls NY – XXX Corporation ordered to clean up PCB contamination of Hudson R. – $2.5 million

2 Feb 1994 Perry OH – XXX Corporation settles with utility companies on defective Perry Nuclear Plant.

14 Mar 1994 Ft. Edward NY – XXX Corporation ordered to clean up contamination of sediment in the Hudson River – $100,000

14 Sep 1994 Washington D.C. – XXX Corporation fined for overcharges in defense contracts – $20 million

2 Sep 1995 Waterford NY – XXX Corporation fined for air pollution and contamination of Hudson River – $1.5 million

15 Sep 1995 Brandon FL – XXX Corporation fined for groundwater contamination – $137,000

9 Sep 1996 Waterford NY – XXX Corporation Fined for Clean Air Act violations – $60,000

7 Oct 1996 Hendersonville NC – XXX Corporation ordered to cleanup contamination of soil and groundwater – $1.029 million

8 Oct 1996 Cook County IL – XXX Corporation ordered to pay settlement from airline crash in Sioux City – $15 million

22 Feb 1997 Somersworth NH – XXX Corporation and others ordered to clean up contamination of groundwater and public water supply – $ 7 million

Feb 1998 Waterford NY – XXX Corporation fined for pollution violations – $234,000

20 April 1998 Waterford NY – XXX Corporation fined for pollution violations – $204,000

Oct 1998 United Kingdom – XXX Corporation ordered to pay for asbestos cleanup and related pollution claims – 2 billion pounds

26 Oct 1998 Puerto Rico – XXX Corporation and others ordered to cleanup contamination of drinking water supply – $4.2 million

5 Nov 1998 South Whitehall PA – XXX Corporation and others ordered to cleanup contamination – $1.035 million

24 Jan 1999 Chicago – XXX Corporation ordered to reimburse consumers over unfair debt collection practices -$147 million

19 Aug 1999 Piscataway NJ – XXX Corporation, others ordered to cleanup contaminated groundwater – $23 million

2 Sep 1999 Malvern PA – XXX Corporation and others ordered to clean up groundwater contamination – $18.8 million

17 Sep 1999 Moreau NY – XXX Corporation ordered to build drinking water system after PCB contamination of water supply – $5 million

9 Oct 1999 Pittsfield MA – XXX Corporation ordered to clean up PCB pollution in Housatonic River – $250 million

18 Oct 2000 New York NY – XXX Corporation and others ordered to clean up contamination of soil – $28 milli
Good answer Jury. Now … can you provide a complete list of their media holdings – print media, magazines, television, etc. I am sure people would be very interesting to see the list.

You might run out of characters – the list could exceed the size limit of a Yahoo Answer!
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Check out the database search at this web site sponsored by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, the Columbia Journalism Review.

There is a drop list at the right side of the page where you can enter the name of the media company to search.

http://www.cjr.org/

General Electric. Owner of NBC and Universal.

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