What is most disturbing about Argentina's current intransigence is its refusal to uphold its contractual obligation of nondiscriminatory payment and abide by the rule of law to which it agreed in its contracts with the creditor community.
Consider a deal G.E. announced last week in which it agreed to sell its Japanese insurance operations, known as G.E. Edison Life, and a smaller insurance company to the American International Group for $2.15 billion.
The Arab League is set to meet in an emergency session on Saturday to discuss Syria's failure to comply with the initiative, in which it agreed to remove its tanks and armored vehicles from the streets, halt violence against protesters and begin dialogue with the opposition.
The drug industry had forecast lower revenue in the early years of its cost-savings deal, in which it agreed to pay $80 billion in rebates and fees over a decade.
The company was not excluded from the programs, but was forced to enter into a "corporate integrity agreement" in which it agreed to widespread changes in its marketing practices under monitoring by the government.
Earlier this year, Brazilian Blowout, which is based in North Hollywood, Calif., agreed to pay $600,000 in fees and penalties in a settlement with the California attorney general's office in which it agreed to warn consumers that its product emits formaldehyde gas.
For the last few months, Tomkins has been disposing of assets including its Murray & Hayter lawn mower division, which it agreed this month to sell to Summersong Investment Inc. of the United States for $220.9 million.
In March, Bell Atlantic entered into an agreement with the F.C.C. in which it agreed to pay the Treasury $3 million for its "loss or mishandling of orders," and to pay up to $24 million more if the problem persisted.
BP said that it took an additional $4.1bn charge in the fourth quarter, related to its settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice, in which it agreed to plead guilty to 14 criminal charges.
Fear not, Yankees fans: the YES Network's Yankees propaganda will continue even if News Corporation increases its ownership stake in the channel from 49 percent, which it agreed to purchase Tuesday, to as much as 80 percent in three years.
E.A.B. is now in the second year of a 10-year contract with Suffolk County in which it agreed to pay $230,000 a year to put its name on the Ducks' stadium in Central Islip.
