On Monday, Signet said it had withdrawn legal action and had reached an amicable agreement with Mr Ratner.

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"We are pleased to have reached this amicable agreement and avoided a potentially lengthy litigation, " a spokesman for Aufhauser said Tuesday.

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Although Glamorgan have not commented on Fatkin's departure, they have now issued a statement saying an amicable agreement had been reached with Smith.

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PFD, but an amicable agreement does not look likely.

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Elaine Wynn has spent much of the last year trying to come to an amicable agreement with her ex-husband about dissolving the shareholder agreement, said a person who is familiar with the dispute.

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"We've made the argument for years and now it's a mainstream argument that we want an amicable divorce from the political European Union and its replacement with a genuine, free-trade agreement which is what we thought we'd signed up for in the first place, " he told delegates.

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