Iran's leaders concluded that they were vulnerable to aggression by their better-armed Arab neighbors, and that international agreements offered no protection.
In plea agreements offered in July, the attorney general's office offered to settle with the James brothers and Mr. Leitner for $1 million.
The new Energy Transfer offer is meant to address several concerns about its original bid for Southern Union, including the first offer's complicated structure and two lucrative consulting and noncompete agreements offered to Southern Union's two top executives.
The United States, which in advance of the meeting had favored a relatively strong proposal to protect a nation's tobacco control measures from being challenged as violations of trade agreements, offered a weaker proposal in Brunei.
The 200-page ruling examined current account agreements offered by seven major banks - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, the Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS, Abbey, Clydesdale, and Nationwide building society.
The report issued Sunday, which is required under international aviation agreements, offered few fresh insights into the cause of the plane's disappearance.
