Johnson & Johnson's Getting Sued Over Baby Powder Cancer Risk

Susan Berfield reports on Johnson & Jonhson's baby powder problem.

Apr 1st, 2016

Susan Berfield reports on Johnson & Jonhson's baby powder problem.

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In this Dec. 17, 2015, file photo, Martin Shkreli, center, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York after being taken into custody following a securities probe. State and federal authorities sued the imprisoned drug entrepreneur Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, over business tactics that helped make him the bad-boy face of profiteering in the pharmaceuticals industry, seeking to bar the so-called 'Pharma Bro' from the industry for life.

Pharma Bro Sued Over Pricing 'Scheme'

The drug’s patent protection had expired, but the company used what’s known as a “closed distribution system” to illegally box out competition.

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E-Commerce Firms Need to Do More About Fake Goods

Trump administration releases plan to crack down on counterfeit goods.

Ford Owes $30M Over Transmissions

The lawsuit represents nearly 2 million owners and former owners of the cars, which had bad dual-clutch transmissions.

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Spirit AeroSystems Layoffs are Spreading

More layoffs follow Spirit's Jan. 10 announcement that it was laying off 2,800 workers in Wichita.

In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo Southwest pilots prepare for a flight at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. Southwest Airlines Co. reports financial results Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.

Boeing Max Holds Back Airline Growth

On Thursday, American Airlines executives said they canceled 10,000 flights in the fourth quarter because of the idled planes.

Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor arrives for sentencing at federal court on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Boston. Kapoor was convicted in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis. He and others in the company were accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to doctors across the nation to prescribe the company's highly addictive fentanyl spray, known as Subsys.

Ex-Pharma Exec Gets 5 1/2 Years

John Kapoor, 76, the former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was sentenced after a jury found him guilty of racketeering conspiracy.

In this photo made available by U.S. astronaut Christina Koch via Twitter on Dec. 26, 2019, she and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano pose for a photo with a cookie baked on the International Space Station. The results are finally in for the first chocolate chip cookie bake-off in space.

First Space-Baked Cookies Took 2 Hours

And how do they taste? No one knows.

In this Sept. 28, 2019, file photo Chase Briscoe (98) leads the field of cars to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. General Motors is planning to open a new technical center for performance and auto racing near the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The center will focus on transferring auto racing knowledge into engineering for vehicles that are sold to the public.

GM to Open Racing Tech Center

The center will focus on transferring auto racing knowledge into engineering for vehicles that are sold to the public.

GM Rolls Out a Robo-Taxi

Cruise hopes to create a self-driving fleet of vehicles without steering wheels or brakes.

Flap Discs

The new flap disc maintains consistent performance throughout its life, yielding maximum economic efficiency for the user.