61.   So, the company quickly settled three strikes at plants earlier this year.

62.   Some analysts expect the companies eventually to settle their disputes out of court.

63.   The Atlanta-based company settled a class-action lawsuit that alleged the retailer discriminated against women in employment practices.

64.   The cases were later consolidated, and the pharmaceutical company settled both in July.

65.   The companies have since settled their dispute and government researchers are at work again.

66.   The companies settled in February.

67.   The company also may settle another of the controversies that have plagued it this year.

68.   The company eventually settled out of court.

69.   The company settled an antitrust lawsuit against PolyGram Group Distribution Inc. after the compact disc distributor agreed to suspend its practice of using only one brand of anti-theft tags.

70.   The company settled similar complaints by regulators in California and Washington and with the Federal Trade Commission.