DuPont and Chemours Co have agreed to pay $671 million in cash to settle thousands of lawsuits involving a leak of a toxic chemical used to make Teflon, the companies said on Monday.Shares of Chemours jumped 13 percent. The company said it would pay half of the settlement, although liability

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