“The effort is really divided into three phases, ... First, you have the emergency phase, which is how you respond in the first few days. Then there is a clean-up phase and finally long-term recovery.”
“We are relieved to put this issue behind us so that we can focus more sharply on the key factors that drive our business results and that continued to challenge us throughout 1999, ... It is difficult at this time to predict what impact, if any, the settlements will have on these factors.”
