U.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen, Says Distributor Helped Ignite Opioid Epidemic January 3, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel, Nate Raymond and Gram Slattery The U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of the nation’s largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the...
Brazil’s Vale Knew Deadly Tailings Dam Was Unsafe as Far Back as 2003: Report February 24, 2020 By Anthony Boadle and Gram Slattery An independent investigation requested by Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA into the causes of the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster...
Vale CEO and Several Senior Execs Resign After Deadly Brazil Dam Disaster March 4, 2019 By Marta Nogueira and Gram Slattery Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman and several other senior executives resigned on Saturday in what...
Brazil Weighs Management Overhaul at Vale After Mine Disaster; Death Toll Rises January 29, 2019 By Gram Slattery Brazil’s government weighed pushing for a management overhaul at iron ore miner Vale SA on Monday as grief over the...
Collapsed Brazil Mining Dam Kills at Least 58, in Echoes of 2015 Disaster January 28, 2019 By Gram Slattery Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Sunday for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam triggered a...
Rampant Brazil Cargo Theft Disrupts Retail, Drives Up Insurance Rates May 31, 2018 By Gram Slattery In a bunker-like room in a gritty suburb of Sao Paulo, retired police colonel Antonio Marin and a dozen employees...