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LONDON — Investors managing $4.1 trillion in assets are urging the world’s biggest chemical companies to phase out production of hazardous substances which linger in the environment and have been linked to serious health problems. The move by 23 investors …

A St. Louis jury has awarded $320 million in punitive damages in the lawsuit against the former owners of a lead smelter in the eastern Missouri town of Herculaneum. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the jury awarded the punitive damages …