1.   It seems that Barneys, a global symbol of sumptuous consumption, is having trouble paying its bills, even beyond the dimensions of its tangled dispute with Isetan.

2.   Now a tangled closed-door legal dispute over those bonds has burst into the open, and threatens to cost them both a lot of money, and much else.

3.   The collection has prompted a four-year tangled dispute over his competence and control over his Fragonards, Bonnards and Fra Angelicos.

4.   A custody battle that is part of the tangled international dispute over the Internet adoption of twin girls should be closed to the public, a judge ruled Wednesday.