Company to pay $550K for misleading MBTA over hand sanitizer

By The Associated Press
November 18, 2020 | 12:03 PM

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a Maryland company has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle claims that it misled the Boston-area public transit agency about the effectiveness of its alcohol-free hand sanitizer.

The Massachusetts attorney general’s office announced the settlement Wednesday.

Authorities say the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority sought to purchase hand sanitizer for its workers as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March.

Authorities say the MBTA was told by Stevensville, Maryland-based Federal Resources Supply Co. that the product known as Theraworx Protect sanitizes and lasts for six hours even though it contained no alcohol, a key ingredient in hand sanitizer.

An email seeking comment was left with Federal Resources.

Oil prices slip and Asian shares are mostly lower as investors sell chipmaker stocks

By The Associated Press
July 30, 2026 | 1:16 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — Oil prices fell Wednesday and Asian shares were mostly trading lower as South Korea’s Kospi extended its losses after falling more than 16% over the past two days. Crude prices remain volatile after the U.S. said early Thursday it had conducted a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran, responding to an attack on a U.S. base. U.S. futures edged higher after losses on Wall Street. In South Korea, recent drops in its benchmark Kospi, a big beneficiary of the global boom in artificial intelligence, have been seen by some analysts as a reflection of broader doubts about massive investments by technology giants in expanding capacity for AI.

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