"At this point, until there is full disclosure of how the settlements are going to be handled, and where the money is going to come from, people should not give".
I know the major settlements are going to have to stay in Israeli control".
Skeptics will claim that a basic agreement in principle on which settlements are going to stay in Israel and which are going to be evacuated, is not possible in 60 days.
Another source said: "There is clear concern in the Treasury and there are growing signs that the spending settlement is going to be re-opened".
"Does anyone think this settlement is going to change Microsoft's behavior?
While Thrasher's statement claimed $700,000 of the settlement is going to Kinsman's attorneys, that is not accurate.
And by the way, any settlement is going to be huge because it's going to have to cover what they're going to be going for marginally in the trial, which is not just compensatory damages, but punitive, exemplary, punishment damages.
If you think any progress toward an Israeli-Palestinian settlement is going to be made while Netanyahu is Prime Minister and Harpo Lieberman is Foreign Minister, then I've got some nice property just outside Kabul I'd like to sell you.
Most older workers eligible for early retirement or large settlements are gone, and in recent years the company has begun laying off people in their 30's whose only job has been with Kodak, said Kent D. Gardner, director of the Gleason Center for State Policy in Rochester.
"If a settlement's going to be done, now is the time to do it," said Michael A. Rebell, executive director of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, the education group that has pressed the case for nearly a decade.
