Horta-Osório had asked for the payout to be linked to the share price to show the returns being generated for taxpayers, while the Treasury had stipulated that he could receive the shares if the government had sold off at least a third of its holding at prices above 61p.
That could cost him more than Lockerbie; with more than 400 infected people asking for $10 million each, the payout would exceed $4 billion.
The hackers responsible for last week's leak of HBO show treatments, scripts, and upcoming episodes released another cache of stolen data Monday, along with a ransom note asking for a multimillion-dollar payout to end the leaks, the Guardian reports.
In still other cases, distributions were on autopilot, with brokers and mutual fund companies cutting account owners payout checks without them asking for them.
Why doesn't Pandora get off the couch and get an actual business model instead of asking for a handout from Congress and artists?" (Pandora vigorously defended its payouts).
If you are eligible for any type of severance, consider asking for an extension of health insurance in exchange for a smaller cash payout.
Earlier this month, Icahn had also demanded Dell payout $15.7 billion in special dividends, though he is no longer asking for that, according to the Reuters source.
US district judge Anita Brody has asked for more financial details from the parties, a week after players' lawyers filed a lengthy payout plan.
He asked for big pay cuts from city workers, a rise in the corporate tax rate and a lowering of payouts from the pension system.
Mr. Eizenstat said Mr. Fagan, after failing to get higher fees, then asked for a letter testifying about his efforts in the German case because he feared that lawyers critical of his conduct would seek to reduce his payout.
