While some of Merrill's competitors, including Citigroup, have set up huge legal reserves over the last few weeks, Merrill said it could not estimate how much the litigation might cost _ if anything.
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The adjustments serve to take account of changes in legal reserve requirements that alter the quantity of medium-of-exchange money ( such as M1 ) that can be supported by a given quantity of the base.
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It also earned a respectable position among the top 10 domestic life insurance companies as it ranks 6th in terms of assets, 4th in legal reserves, based on CY 2005 Report of the Insurance Commission.
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Citigroup set up a $ 1.3 billion legal reserve last quarter and Credit Suisse First Boston said on Tuesday that it had set aside $ 450 million to cover the costs of litigation over its stock-research practices.
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ConAgra took a 5 cent per share charge in the fourth quarter to establish a $ 25 million legal reserve fund after a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into accounting practices at a former agricultural products division.
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TIMEWARNER-EARNINGS ( New York )-- Time Warner reported an 8 percent drop in third-quarter net profit as it set up a $ 500 million legal reserve and said it will restate results for AOL Europe before 2002.
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"There could be some reversal " of the legal reserve in the next quarter, said Joan Solotar, an analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, " but I would not imagine that it would be a total reversal.
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"There could be some reversal " of the legal reserve in the next quarter, said Joan Solotar, an analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & AMP; Jenrette, " but I would not imagine that it would be a total reversal.
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Citigroup set up a $ 1 . 3 billion legal reserve last quarter and Credit Suisse First Boston said on Tuesday that it had set aside $ 450 million to cover the costs of litigation over its stock-research practices.
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International Paper said the siding and roofing legal reserves are related to liabilities in three nationwide class-action suits settled in 1998 and 1999 . The lawsuits involve exterior siding and roofing products manufactured by Masonite Corp ., a former unit of International Paper.
