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KIRKPATRICK Published: November 8, 2005 Soon after Judge Samuel A.

Alito Jr.

joined the Philadelphia federal appeals court 15 years ago, Judge Edward Becker invited him to his home in the city's Frankford neighborhood for a dinner with Senator Arlen Specter.

Skip to next paragraph Jamie Rose for The New York Times "I have to form an independent judgment," Senator Arlen Specter, shown here in his Capitol Hill office, said of Judge Samuel A.

Alito Jr.

Judge Alito and his wife brought candlesticks as a gift, Judge Becker re...

... Stock Market News and Investment Information RSS WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Projections of future asbestos claims will be examined at a hearing planned for later this month, U.S.

Senate aides said on Friday, amid concern over whether a proposed $140 billion asbestos compensation fund is big enough.

A study in September by a Washington economic consulting firm said the proposed fund would quickly be swamped by asbestos injury claims and go broke within three years, adding to concerns among some senators that the fund is not viable.

The hearing by the Senate Judiciary Commi...

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Probably Added 120,000 Jobs in October, Reflecting Hurricane Losses Refco Auction Suffers Setback as Tradelink Pulls Out on Liability Concern Merck's Vioxx Victory May Not Help Future Cases, Analysts Say Nov.

4 (Bloomberg) - Merck & Co.

can't savor yesterday's victory in the second trial over its Vioxx painkiller for long, say analysts and lawyers tracking the 6,400 other lawsuits the company faces for injuries or deaths linked to the drug.

Merck, the No.

3 U.S.

drugmaker, faces its next trial on Nov.

28 in Houston, where a widow of a Vioxx user claims her husband died after one month on the drug.

Analysts say Merck faces billions of dollars in potential liability from such cases following its New Jersey victory.

A jury in Atlantic City ruled yesterday that Merck wasn't liable to an Idaho postal worker, Frederick Humeston, who blamed his 2001 heart attack on the drug.

The victory followed an August verdict by Texas jury that told Merck to pay the widow of a Vioxx user $253 mill...