APPEALS COURT TOSSES $72M AWARD IN TALCUM CASE

MO.» A Missouri KANSAS CITY, appeals court on Tuesday that vacated a $72 million award to an Alabama woman who claimed her use of Johnson & Johnson products that contained talcum contributed to her ovarian cancer has thrown the fate of awards in similar cases into doubt.

The Missouri Eastern District Court ruled that Missouri was not the proper jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit filed by Jacqueline Fox, 62, of Birmingham, Ala., who claimed the baby powder she used for feminine hygiene for about 25 years contributed to her cancer. She died in 2015, about four months before her case went to trial in St. Louis Circuit Court.

More than 1,000 others have filed similar lawsuits in St. Louis against Johnson & Johnson, which is based in Brunswick, N.J.

Trump narrows Fed pick

to 5. President Donald Trump said he plans to choose from among five finalists to be the next Federal Reserve Chairman and will make his decision before he leaves Nov. 3 for a trip to Asia.

Trump is working with a list of five names to lead the central bank: former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, Stanford University economist John Taylor, current Fed Governor Jerome Powell, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and the current chair, Janet Yellen, according to people familiar with the process.

Weinstein quits board of his film company.

NEW YORK» Harvey Weinstein is leaving the board of the film company he started, more than a week after he was fired following allegations of sexual harassment and rape. A person who was not authorized to speak publicly said Tuesday that Weinstein resigned. U.S. industrial production climbs. WASHINGTON» U.S. industrial production rose a solid 0.3 percent in September. But the increase was limited due to the lingering damage from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The Federal Reserve says the hurricanes held down industrial output by 0.25 percentage points. Still, the manufacturing of automobiles, home electronics and appliances advanced.

Head of Amazon Studios

resigns. » Amazon

NEW YORK Studios says it has accepted the resignation of its top executive, Roy Price, following sexual harassment allegations made by a producer on the Amazon series “Man in the High Castle.”