Refco, creditors may settle this week: source
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Bankrupt brokerage Refco Inc.   RFXCQ.PK and its customers and creditors may resolve   differences over the terms of a repayment plan as soon as   Friday, a person close to the matter said on Wednesday.
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Qwest Communications International Inc. has tentatively agreed to pay $250 million to settle fraud allegations by federal regulators, a union official said Friday - a move that could help lift a cloud that
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The European Commission plans to announce a formal proposal settling the long-running Coca-Cola antitrust case later on Tuesday, a source close to the situation said.
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Investment banking firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is nearing an agreement to pay approximately $200 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over its work for bankrupt
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  is close to settling a class action lawsuit for &#36;220 million stemming from allegations that it colluded with other brokerages to mislead Enron Corp.  shareholders, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic passengers may be entitled to refunds if a legal settlement is signed.
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Advisers to Refco may be sued for professional negligence for their alleged role in its collapse, a legal expert says.
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Federal regulators are expected to bring charges this week against two former employees of the mutual fund unit of the old FleetBoston Financial Corp. -- and settle with three others -- in connection with a long-running investigation of improper market-timing trading at the former bank's Columbia funds unit, according to attorneys and officials involved in the case.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is  considering making a concession to the banks financing its $26  billion leveraged buyout of payment processor First Data Corp.  , according to a source familiar with the situation.
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Time Warner Inc. is close to a deal  with U.S. regulators in which the world's largest media group  would pay about $750 million to settle allegations of  accounting irregularities at its America Online division, The  Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
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breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.
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Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N suffered  a setback this week when a committee of creditors scotched one  of the company's early debt renegotiation efforts, but the  struggling airline still has a chance of restructuring its debt  without filing for bankruptcy, analysts said on Friday.
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Final approval appears likely this week for a bill sending multiparty cases from state to federal court.
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DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- US District Judge Barbara Lynn said Thursday she would rule next week on a proposed $6 million settlement between Halliburton and shareholders who accuse the giant energy contractor of inflating its share price.
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Coca-Cola (KO) is expected to settle soon, perhaps as early as Tuesday, a five-year investigation by the European Union into allegations that the soft-drink company abused
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Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos. , the world's largest insurance broker, may settle New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's claims of rigged bids and kickbacks within a month, chief executive Michael Cherkasky said.
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Embattled mortgage finance giant  Fannie Mae FNM.N was close to a deal with regulators late on  Sunday that would force the company to keep billions of dollars  more in cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, a  source familiar with the negotiations said.