Nineteen of the 125 death claims filed with General Motors since August 1 were in fact caused by the faulty ignition switches that have prompted many, many recalls, says the automaker’s legal team. As the New York Times reported, the company also found eight other claims of serious injury to be eligible for damages. These are nowhere near the final numbers though – GM will accept claims through the end of the year, and plenty of existing claims are still under review.
Here are some other numbers we’re watching Monday:
That’s the new expected share price for Alibaba’s initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, up from about $66. The Chinese e-commerce company is expected to make an announcement later today. This new price could make Alibaba the biggest IPO ever.
The total in sales for education technology software in the U.S. last year, pre-K-high school. Now, California is set to enact sweeping legislation to protect student data collected by all this software. We’re exploring student data collection in our series “The Quantified Student” all week.
That’s about how much financing Anheuser-Busch InBev would need to acquire its closest rival, SABMiller, the Wall Street Journal reported, in a deal that would unite the two biggest brewers in the world. Renewed talk of a merger comes just after Heineken, the world’s third-largest brewer, rejected an offer from SABMiller this weekend.
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