Sentence examples for settlement worked out from inspiring English sources

A "voluntary" 50 percent haircut — or discount — for those bonds was part of the fragile settlement worked out by European leaders late last month.

At a news conference later, Mr. Erdogan said Turkey was prepared to accept a proposal that Mr. Annan complete the details of a settlement worked out by Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders.

What is at stake here, she said, is the Anglican system, under the settlement worked out in the reign of Elizabeth I, of maintaining a theologically diverse church through adherence to its laws.

He said that after legal fees, his share of the settlement works out to about $7,500.

The settlement works out $100 per customer, which is approximately half of the up-front transaction fees that the class members originally paid for certain promotional credit card loans.

But they also said they did not want to see settlements, worked out between various states and securities firms, that force the firms to adopt significant changes in business practices that vary from state to state.

Finally, a settlement was worked out: $52 million for two years, double the size of any transit pact negotiated by Mr. Wagner.

Eric Schneiderman, the New York State attorney general, will be a co-chairman of the group, and he has refused to support a settlement being worked out between big banks most responsible for foreclosure abuses and federal agencies and some state attorneys general.

The settlement was worked out this morning, and lawyers from both sides said the talks began when lawyers for the Rodriguez family approached Mr. Nunnally, of Houston, to talk about a deal.

Mr. Donovan said that a separate settlement being worked out between state attorneys general and mortgage servicing companies would not thwart the new group's investigations, even if the settlement released companies from further law enforcement efforts related to mortgage servicing.

Nobody really knows whether or not it was politically manipulated: the formula by which the settlement is worked out is so complex and impenetrable that not even the Audit Commission understands it.Fashion victimsTrying to fix the council tax should be enough for the government to worry about: after all, anything it does is almost certain to create another bunch of furious losers.