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Bailout Deal Reached
A tentative deal has been reached: The plan calls for the Treasury Department to buy deeply distressed mortgage-backed securities and other bad debts held by banks and other investors...

Updated: Yes, its over! (formerly Is It Over)
Within 48 hours striking screenwriters will vote on a tentative deal reached late last week between their union, Writer’s Guild of America, and TV and Film networks and producers...

Only in America
Under the new tax rebate program, some people who pay no taxes at all get a rebate; and the people who pay the most taxes get no rebate at all. WTF? UPDATE: Everyone who makes more than $3,000 a year will get a tax rebate...

NY: A Saturday Night Deal Means 4 Adult Prisons Stay Open
"By late Sunday, deals were in place to resolve some of the most difficult issues that have vexed all three parties for weeks. According to officials who had been briefed on the talks, tentative agreements were reached to provide $1...

What Happens to My Tax Rebate if I File Bankruptcy
Congress has passed a stimulus package which will offer most taxpayers a tax rebate. Most of us are supposed to receive the rebate by May of this year. But how will that affect you if you file bankruptcy? If you are already in a bankruptcy, the tax rebate may have no affect on [...

CWA, IBEW and Verizon Come to Tentative Contract
From the bargaining front lines (via the Daily Labor Report): Negotiators for the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Aug. 10 reached tentative agreement with Verizon Communications Inc....

Hurricane Claims
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. reaches settlement deal with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Tentative $21M Settlement Agreed in Eastman Kodak Discrimination Class Action
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Comcast Agrees Tentative $16 Million Settlement in Consumer File Sharing Class Action
Comcast Agrees Tentative $16 Million Settlement in Consumer File Sharing Class Action

Zumiez
Reaches Tentative Settlement in California Overtime Class Action

US Reality TV Shows
Reach Tentative $4 Million Settlement

Further Settlements Reached in Kitec Lawsuit
Kitec Pumbing Further settlements reached in Defective Products Lawsuit