The Marketplace Report: Halliburton Settles Asbestos Suits

By Alex Chadwick

Published January 4, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a business development that means one less headache for Halliburton. The Texas-based oil conglomerate has finally settled thousands of asbestos claims it inherited with the purchase of an engineering and construction firm.

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Alex Chadwick

For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.