Visa, Mastercard can likely handle settlement much bigger than $30 billion, judge says

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge said Visa and Mastercard can likely withstand a “substantially greater” settlement with merchants who said they overpaid on swipe fees than the $30 billion accord she rejected this week. U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn made her assessment in an 88-page opinion released on…

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Exclusive-US prosecutors meeting with Boeing, crash victims as criminal charging decision looms, sources say

By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors are meeting with Boeing and fatal-crash victims’ relatives as a July 7 deadline looms for the Justice Department to decide whether to criminally charge the planemaker, according to two people familiar with the matter and correspondence reviewed by Reuters. Justice Department officials met…

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