U.S. appeals court upholds Apple e-book settlement

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Apple Inc's $450 million settlement of claims that it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected a challenge by e-books purchaser John Bradley to the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of Apple's class-action antitrust settlement with consumers and 33 state attorneys general. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhatt