1.   In the same way, the size of the PacTel vote provides an incentive for the company to resolve this issue.

2.   Abbott officials also said they were pleased that in taking its action, the FDA allowed the company to resolve the issue without disruption to patient care.

3.   But analysts say that many deals are a sign of weakness, a need to shore up competitive lapses that companies cannot resolve at home.

4.   But as the case continued into its second year, investors, Wall Street analysts and others demanded that the company resolve it quickly.

5.   But the transaction would be unlikely to occur before the company resolved the multiple criminal and civil investigations of its practices, company executives said.

6.   Desai said the company had resolved some product transition problems and was rebounding from a slowdown in its core business of logic synthesis products.

7.   Greater spending on systems and people might have avoided the error, which the company is still resolving with the IRS.

8.   Golle said the company will resolve this issue by year-end.

9.   He also threatened to take legal action against Time Warner if the two companies did not resolve the dispute peacefully.

10.   He also said New York City would not award Union Bank of Switzerland new business until the company resolved disputes with Jewish organizations.