Johnson & Johnson stock up 3% as company sets aside $8.9 billion to settle talc claims

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Johnson & Johnson stock rose nearly 3% in the extended session Tuesday after the company said it was setting aside $8.9 billion to settle claims connected...

Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +1.05% stock rose nearly 3% in the extended session Tuesday after the company said it was setting aside $8.9 billion to settle claims connected with cosmetic-talc litigation.

9 billion, payable over 25 years, to resolve “all the current and future talc claims.” That’s an increase of $6.9 billion over the $2 billion previously committed in connection with LTL’s initial bankruptcy filing in October 2021, the company said.

 

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