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A mom thought her child would be safe on a cross-country flight. “She came home in a different way — she was a different person,” the mother said. Thousands of children fly alone annually. Each airline has its own policies and fees for unaccompanied minors, but there are no federal rules governing how airlines should keep children safe when flying alone.

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. is paying $16.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company allowed employees to be overcharged by outside firms operating their 401(k) plans.

With bankruptcies rising, a nearly $700 million judgment against Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other lenders is causing creditors and others to take notice. The decision could affect Tribune and other prominent bankruptcy cases.

Goldman Sachs was one of the last Wall Street giants to enter the subprime lending world, but when it did, it quickly climbed into bed with profligate, highflying firms — companies such as New Century Financial Corp.

The US Chamber of Commerce says its membership should be reported at one tenth the size that many major media outlets have listed it for more than a decade.

Los Angeles Times: Those who were once merely subjects of news coverage increasingly will be looking to write the story themselves.