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However, the GM labor settlement could be a catalyst to boost Delphi.

Korobkin said the settlement could be a "wake up call" for Inkster residents to push for institutional changes to curb misconduct from the outset, such as better screening processes for police and more training.

John P. Freeman, a professor at the University of South Carolina law school, said the Alliance settlement could be an opportunity for others to challenge fees in the industry.

The finance minister of France, Christian Sautter, said he was optimistic that a unanimous settlement could be reached in a dispute over a new European Union-wide tax on interest earnings.

Officials with Bridgestone/Firestone, which is based in Nashville, also said yesterday that they were optimistic a settlement could be reached without a strike threatened at 9 of its 11 United States factories.

Critics pointed out that an admission in an SEC settlement could be used against a company or individual in criminal cases, private class actions, and other regulatory proceedings.

Before a settlement could be established there, an independent Queensland was created, and the town was named for the first governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen.

Mr. Fagan said then that no settlement could be achieved without a direct role for survivors and their heirs.

A lawsuit was filed yesterday in Federal District Court in Aberdeen, Miss., so that the settlement could be approved by a federal judge.

Lawyers for the government and the companies were exchanging drafts of proposed consent decrees today that would clear the way for BP Amoco to close the deal, and there was wide expectation that a settlement could be announced in the next few weeks after a review and vote by the agency's five commissioners.

And the price of a settlement could be passed on to consumers: $12 billion a year could be raised by adding 48 cents to the cost of a packet.Raising their price would still leave cigarettes in America, which now cost on average about $2.80 for a packet of 20, a bargain compared with most rich countries.