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    :: Saturday, May 08, 2004 ::

    Asbestos Talks End Without Agreement - Source By Susan Cornwell, Reuters
    Talks aimed at creating a national fund to compensate U.S. asbestos victims have ended after no agreement was reached, a source familiar with the discussions said on Thursday.

    "The talks are over, they couldn't reach agreement," the source, who asked not to be named, said of the sessions between business, labor and insurance representatives. The meetings had been mediated by a federal appeals judge, Edward Becker.
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