In his 91-page ruling, Lamb noted that Huntsman had recently reported a string of disappointing quarterly results after the agreement, but nonetheless had not suffered a material adverse effect that would excuse the parties from executing the agreement.

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As part of this process, we would expect to have full access to the senior management team of Dell, certain other key employees, Dell's independent accountants and Dell's records, financial and operating data and material agreements (including the schedules attached to the Merger Agreement).

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Consistent with its obligations under the Sprint Agreement, Clearwire has provided Sprint with notice, and the material terms, of the DISH Proposal, and received a response from Sprint that is described below.

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" Dave Lenny, Greene's lawyer, responded to Tice's demand for an apology in February 2008, saying that "under no circumstances will Mr. Greene either violate the terms of the settlement agreement or lie to any individual that your clients have not engaged in material fraud when it is clear they have.

FORBES: Magazine Article

CBS, to allow their material to appear on its site, and had been trying to thrash out a similar agreement with Viacom.

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This week's accord could result in little more than a return to a 1994 pact between America and North Korea, by which North Korea froze its operations at Yongbyon in return for fuel oil shipments and an agreement eventually to provide replacement nuclear reactors that could less easily be used to make weapons material.

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