U.S. judge approves $14.7 billion settlement over VW diesel vehicles
October 25, 2016 at 11:07 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday approved Volkswagen AG's record-setting $14.7 billion settlement with regulators and owners of 475,000 polluting diesel vehicles, and the German automaker said it would begin buying back the vehicles in mid-November.
