Monsanto ordered to pay Pa. damages; a jury awarded the state $90 million for PCB contamination of offices. The firm plans to appeal

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After a fire in the state's DOT building in 1994, it was determined that PCB levels were too high to keep the building in use. It was demolished. The state then sued Monsanto for more than $200 million because of the contamination. A jury awarded the state a $90 million verdict which Monsanto says it will appeal.

Legal issues & crime, Industrial Organic Chemicals, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing, Monsanto Co., MTC

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Shadow of district takeover growing

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A Pennsylvania state takeover of financially troubled Philadelphia schools loom large. The district is $216 million in the hole, and is unable to pay bills.

Sales, profits & dividends

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Groups vow a fight if city schools seek privatization

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Edison Schools Inc. has been hired by Pennsylvania to develop a plan to rescue the financially troubled Philadelphia School District. The move has prompted parent and community groups to rally against the possibility that the largest private operator of public schools could end up running the Philadelphia Public Schools.

Contracts & orders received, Schools & educational services, not elsewhere classified, All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction, Education Services NEC, Educational services industry, Edison Schools Inc.

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