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Dell set aside $100 million this month to handle a potential settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over a five-year-old investigation into its books, which will most likely result in federal accusations of fraud and misconduct against the company's founder, Michael S. Dell.

As well as removing a major risk factor from BP, we think an exit from its stake in TNK-BP at a reasonable price could allow BP to emerge from any potential settlement with the US DoJ in a far stronger financial position than many would have expected.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is based in Edinburgh, said on Friday that it expected to enter into negotiations with authorities about a potential settlement in the near future.

The company said Thursday that it was in preliminary talks with the S.E.C. about a potential settlement.

But Deutsche Bank's frailty could help it bargain with the United States Justice Department over a potential settlement for charges related to its mortgage securities business.

This excludes payments from a potential settlement from a pending patent case over electronic camera technology with Apple and Research in Motion.

A potential settlement had been under discussion for several days.

The path to a potential settlement is now more difficult.

"This is a first but significant step towards reaching a potential settlement," it said.

PASADENA — Attorneys representing five people who were charged with beating and torturing two loan modification agents asked for more time Thursday to reach a potential settlement.

S&P said that the potential settlement with the US had forced it to consider a potential downgrade to BNP's A plus rating and place the bank on "credit watch negative", until the outcome of the discussions with the US authorities is known.