81.   A group of investors filed a class-action lawsuit to block a rule that requires customers to pay for an arbitrator to resolve disputes with securities brokers.

82.   A joint committee will make decisions about sharing water and resolving security disputes.

83.   A series of meetings, in which Bristol-Myers officials apparently offered an undisclosed settlement to the government, failed to resolve the dispute.

84.   A spokesman for Silverstein Properties said the company was seeking to resolve the dispute with GMAC promptly.

85.   A task force of House leaders met Thursday to try to resolve the dispute, but did not reach an agreement.

86.   A year-old National Institutes of Health study to try to resolve the dispute is continuing.

87.   Administration officials said their new policy established uniform standards and procedures for resolving disputes with states over the financing of Medicaid.

88.   After he complained to the Philadelphia Gas Commission, which helps resolve such disputes, a hearing was held.

89.   AGREEMENT IN CUBA DISPUTE The European Union and the United States agreed on a plan to resolve a dispute over sanctions against Cuba that has troubled their relations.

90.   Aides say Daschle has yet to settle on a political strategy for resolving the dispute, although there is talk of arranging an extension instead of a full reauthorization.