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. the tobacco giant, philip morris, took a big hit. an oregon jury awarded $81 million to the family of a three-pack-a-day smoker of lung cancer. the company says it will appeal all similar verdicts have been ov ov overturned. philip morris appealed this and the ruling was up held on this day in 1999. now let s flashback to this day in 1981 when president ronald reagan was shot at close range while leaving the d.c. hilton hotel. this afternoon in washington, d.c., president reagan and staff members ex escorted was hit in ....
in libya. the national criminal court wants him on charges of humanity. police arrested him on sunday while he was allegedly making a pipe bomb. authorities say he got bomb-making instructions from a website linked to al qaeda. those are the top stories. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. the top stories this monday, november 21st. it s a landslide victory for their political party. talks have collapsed between qantas unions. the dispute is in the hands of the empire. and with hours to go and no budget resolution in sight, u.s. lawmakers are e preparing for defeat. first up though, spain has voted a new prime minister in in the form of the popular party leader who is promising to get the nation back on track with measures to come. if that s giving comfort to span yards, it s not having the same eflkt on investors today. what defined is set to continue. let s have ....
Sheree dixon, congratulations to you paid off your house seven years ahead of time and as brian said a moment ago, please, when you talk to your husband, thank him for his service in the reserves. thanks sheree. we will. i ll tell him. you re welcome. yep. great success story. and true american story. mean while, straight ahead, senator jim bunting apparently does not want to talk about the bill he helped block on capitol hill. excuse me i ve got to go to the floor. senator, can you explain to us why you re holding this up? i m sure you have an explanation. excuse me. he stood up because he didn t think we should be spending money we don t have. more on that exchange in a moment. and he worked for philip morris for 33 years but guess how the tobacco giant let him know he was out of a job. they sent him a postcard. thank you. and do you want to wear what the stars wear like this biker jacket that taylor swift wore? maybe not that. that wouldn t look good on ....
congressman roy blunt. he got caught trying to insert a secret deal for tobacco giant philip morris into a bill just days after company executives gave him over $30,000. he voted to weaken the rules on lobbyist gifts, rode corporate jets provided by a defense contractor convicted of bribery, and he s taken more money from lobbyists than any member of congress. roy blunt. he s the very worst of washington. get the picture? let s go to joe cessna. he was on last night. the congressman and former ad role. his vote for conservative in pennsylvania. do you think corporation pay their fair share? pat toomey thinks corporations shouldn t pay any taxes. let s not tax corporation. i think the solution is to eliminate corporate taxes altogether. the middle-class is struggli struggling, but toomey thinks it s the oil companies and ....