1.   Alan Shugart, chairman of Seagate Technology Inc. in Scotts Valley, Calif., said he has spent millions defending five lawsuits.

2.   Hong Kong has already made back the money it spent defending the currency this week, even as stock markets around the world were still paying the price.

3.   Still, observers are beginning to wonder how much the central bank is willing to spend to defend the peso.

4.   The figure does not include the amount the federal government has spent defending Clinton through the office of the White House Counsel, which is paid for by taxpayers.

5.   While class actions often claim millions of dollars in damages, Chrysler is seeking to recover only a couple hundred thousand dollars it spent to defend itself.

6.   Chief executive Richard Rosenblatt said settling the lawsuits will save the company money it would have spent defending itself.

7.   Hazari says generals need more input on spending in order to defend India against its main potential enemies, China and Pakistan.

8.   Military leaders see a council as a way to have more input on spending in order to defend India against its main potential enemies, China and Pakistan.

9.   Military leaders see a council as a way to have more input on spending to defend India against China in the north and Pakistan in the west.

10.   Packard told The Boston Globe he was unable to estimate how much the state has spent so far to defend Geoghan.