1.   Executives at Iroquois denied any wrongdoing and refused to comment on the plea bargain offers.

2.   Turner said he had refused a plea bargain offer by Hugh B. Ward, an assistant U.S. attorney, which would have sent him to jail for six months.

3.   Welch said later that he rejected a plea bargain offer and he left the meeting believing G.E. would be indicted -- as it was a few days later.

4.   Foreign retailers such as Toys R Us and Tower Records have been drawing crowds with bargain offers.