Sentence examples for costs of settling from inspiring English sources

Royal Mail has set aside £18m to cover the costs of settling a competition inquiry by the French authorities.

Following the ruling the compan boosted its fund to cover the costs of settling civil claims over phone hacking from £28m to £41m.

Part of the answer may be that the potential costs of settling the put contracts made executives more desperate to impress Wall Street and keep the stock price up.

LONDON — The Swiss bank UBS on Tuesday reported a large loss for the fourth quarter, driven by the costs of settling legal matters, including its role in a global rate-manipulation scandal.

The decision came a week after Merrill reported surprisingly strong second-quarter earnings despite having taken a charge of $111 million for the costs of settling an investigation into conflicts of interest among its stock analysts.

As the legal process has taken longer and the costs of settling claims is likely to be higher than previously anticipated we are increasing our provision to deal with matters arising from phone hacking by £16m.

For those that do, including Viacom, the cost of settling lawsuits appears manageable.

The cost of settling out the contracts of those top executives is difficult to estimate because the terms are private.

One of the biggest unknowns is the cost of settling contracts with the unions representing about 200,000 city employees.

Infineon, based in Munich, set aside 212 million euros ($274 million) to cover the cost of settling with the Justice Department.

Mr. Campbell of Columbia declined to discuss whether the company had any projections for the ultimate cost of settling all of the investigations.