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Shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) are higher after Bloomberg reported that the health care products giant was sued by a high school teacher in Australia over an implanted hip-replacement device that stopped selling there due to defects.
J&J allegedly broke Australia's trade law when it sold the device and, therefore, was negligent, the report said, quoting the lawsuit.
J&J shares are up 1.34%, or $0.80, to $60.45.
From FNNO.com, this is the Financial News Network. I’m Cleo
Stiller-Farrell and this is your Midweek Market Wrap Up. The British
Bankers’ Association, which has the supervisory role of setting the
influential Libor rates, announced that it would be willing to give up
its...
The Wall Street Journal reports that home prices showed their best year-to-date gains since 2005, up 5.9% through July, signaling the housing market's steady march toward recovery. Also from the Wall Street Journal, IBM (IBM) will increase its efforts to sell so-called cloud computing services...
CEO Marissa Mayer is bringing in some more new blood to Yahoo!, tapping Ken Goldman as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Goldman's appointment will take effect on October 22nd.
Goldman served as CFO at his most recent employer, Fortinet, having worked at Siebel Systems, Sybase,...
