Foster Wheeler AG’s subsidiaries in the United States faced
129,300 open asbestos claims during the fiscal quarter and nine
months ended Sept. 30, 2009, compared with 130,370 claims during
the fiscal quarter and nine months ended Sept. 26, 2008.
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