The spotlight forced a strategic rethink and an effort to settle with the activists.
Instead, they buy futures and options which they settle with a cash payment when they fall due.
But by coming down so unequivocally against Microsoft, Jackson put pressure on Gates to settle with the government.
But in late 2008, after failing to settle with Lennar, Mr. Marsch hired Mr. Minkow to investigate the company.
The company is looking to settle with the ongoing multi-district litigation trial, with management recently participating in court-facilitated discussions.
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If the makers of branded drugs are unable to settle with their generic rivals, life becomes far more difficult.
No telling if the numbers would be any better had the report had a chance to settle with Britons.
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Mr. Jordan could settle with the company, allowing Qiaodan to use his name for a licensing fee, Mr. Harris said.
Her message was simple: when malfeasance surfaces, regulators reflexively rush to settle with banks instead of forcing them to trial.
They can talk about general industry issues, but price is a matter he has to settle with each grower, individually.
Wise might prevail before the FERC board or in appeals court, but the ruling increases pressure to settle with California.
So they offer to settle with the generic manufacturer, allowing them to sell a generic version beginning in March 2012.
West Ham did finally settle with both Barrera and Carlton Cole looking lively, yet the hosts always looked vulnerable in defence.
The NFL, meanwhile, has a self-inflicted mess, as its players and fan base urge it to settle with its real officials.
That said, even if Apple does settle with the Department of Justice, similar suits by individual States are sure to follow.
As Gingrich considers what constitutes fair treatment in Clinton's case, he also has a personal score to settle with the President.
The two drug giants had tried to settle with Apotex to delay the entry of a generic, but the settlement was scuttled.
And the Kirchners' refusal to settle with private creditors and their hostility to the IMF leave Argentina with few sources of credit.
More recently, the agency agreed to settle with the building's owner rather than risk a hefty penalty, people familiar with the matter said.
Last year a communications catastrophe was avoided when BlackBerry maker Research in Motion agreed to settle with NTP over a patent infringement lawsuit.
Mr bin Laden may have his own scores to settle with Russia, but there is no hard evidence of his involvement, let alone presence.
Notably, American Express, the card company regarded as wringing the highest transaction fees out of merchants and their customers, refused to settle with the DOJ.
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Easy answer, devised by Mr Franco, who has old scores as well as debts to settle with Mr Cardoso: refuse to service what they owe.
"A lot of people at the company would like to settle with Hank, but I believe Hank is never going to settle, " says one AIG executive.
Tyrrell says that unlike with widely dispersed asbestos, the pattern in most toxic-tort cases is to settle with everyone living some critical distance from the source.
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"Clearly, she is motivated to get Merck to settle with the over 5, 000 claims pending in her jurisdiction, " Rubin wrote in a note to clients Tuesday afternoon.
They were young and middle-aged workers, people who lived in Beijing but did not have the much-prized residency permit that would allow them to settle with their families.
The New York Times reports that Fannie and Freddie are getting ready to settle with the SEC over the allegations that it lied about the extent of its subprime exposure.
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" One of the great political puzzles of the late 20th century has been joined by another: "Why didn't Clinton settle with Paula Jones before Monica Lewinsky hit the headlines?
The good news for BofA is that it seems to be putting a significant chunk of its Countrywide problems behind it now that its agreed to settle with these investors.
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