Sentence examples for defying settlement from inspiring English sources

"The commission also has an incentive to slap on a big fine in this case to ensure that companies, which are hard to monitor, get the message that it will be costly down the road if they get caught defying settlement orders," Mr. Petit said.

The United Nations is expected to put forward a Cyprus peace plan in the next few days that seeks to resolve in 30 days a conflict that has defied settlement for 30 years, diplomatic officials said today.

Defying a United Nations Security Council resolution to cease Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the municipality is moving ahead with plans to build thousands of new homes in a part of the city claimed by Palestinians as their future capital.

Netanyahu has perfected the art of procrastination and distraction and will happily accept plaudits for sitting down with the Syrians while openly defying Obama by expanding settlements in the West Bank.

Those sanctions, he added, could be particularly severe because, if confirmed, this would be the first time a company had defied an antitrust settlement offered by the commission.

But the software giant could nonetheless face a substantial fine for breaching the Europe Union's antitrust rules by defying the terms of a settlement.

The decision by Joaquín Almunia, the European Union antitrust commissioner, opens Microsoft up to a substantial fine for defying the terms of a settlement reached in 2009.

[C16.] Blacks at Texaco Seek Arbitration A group of black employees has asked a federal judge to order Texaco to arbitrate their charges of racial discrimination, saying that the oil company is defying the terms of a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In a meeting with young Likud supporters last spring, which one of them transcribed online, Netanyahu boasted of defying Obama's pressure to halt settlements; 2013 was a record year for settlement construction in the West Bank.

A group of black employees has asked a federal judge to order Texaco to arbitrate their charges of racial discrimination, saying that the oil company is defying the terms of an earlier settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Sidemann had some harsh words for both Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama, the former for defying Obama and the latter for keeping quiet about the settlement issue.