In addition to its cash payment, Toronto-Dominion said it would bolster its existing litigation reserves by $300 million for possible legal settlements in the class-action lawsuit filed by Enron shareholders.
The Eastman Kodak Company, making good on its promise to investors in September that it would bolster its commercial printing portfolio, said yesterday that it would buy Scitex Digital Printing, the inkjet printing division of the Scitex Corporation of Israel, for $250 million in cash.
Sony promised in May that it would bolster its online security.
On Wednesday, it announced that it would bolster its joint venture with Delta Air Lines.
I.B.M. said yesterday that it would bolster its wireless consulting business by helping companies link workers remotely to corporate data using the BlackBerry pager made by Research in Motion Ltd.
If MetroPCS were to complete its merger with T-Mobile, it would bolster the strength of its business as it battles with larger rivals like Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
The United States had prodded the two countries to sign the accord, calculating that it would bolster the Afghan economy by expanding its trade routes and curbing rampant smuggling.
Giving up Taiwan would only embolden China to press its claims with even more confidence and vigor and it would bolster Beijing's weak legal positions by giving it Taipei's territorial rights.
It also said it had already provided £150m to councils to make discretionary payments to those affected by its changes to welfare payments, and announced that it would bolster the fund for those affected by housing benefit changes by £35m.
It would bolster our ego.
But it would bolster the Bears' rapidly improving resume.
