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...trillion Estimated amount sought in a lawsuit filed against Saudi officials and others by families of Sept. 11 victims...
...reported Tuesday that Saudi investors have withdrawn $100 billion or more from the U.S. in recent months. Besides the natural movement of capital in response to market conditions, the report cited the souring of relations since last September's terror attacks on New York and Washington, the trillion-dollar lawsuit by families of 9/11 victims and talk among some conservatives about freezing Saudi assets as reasons for the alleged capital flight. The news triggered a brief dip in the value of the dollar against other currencies before jitters were calmed by subsequent reports questioning the FT's claims...
SETTLED. NIXON SISTERS' LAWSUIT, over how to spend an almost $20 million bequest to the presidential library of their father Richard M. Nixon. Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower did not speak for years because of the dispute over the money, but a court-ordered mediation resulted in an agreement, whose details were not revealed...
...bodies out as expeditiously as possible. We had to bring in extra staff. People worked on their day off." There has not been "one word of thanks to anyone," she says. Turner still holds the official death certificates of the nine victims, which are needed for the lawsuit to proceed and for the settling of Aaliyah's estate. Turner says she plans to withhold the certificates until she is paid. --By Christina Hoag
...Virgin has indicated to us that they will not honor the agreement," says Turner, who has even appealed for help to the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, to no avail. Robert Spragg, an attorney who is representing Aaliyah's parents, Michael and Diane Haughton, in a lawsuit against Virgin and other defendants stemming from the crash, says the Haughtons were also told by Virgin executives that they would be reimbursed for their funeral expenses, but have received nothing. A Virgin representative declined to comment...