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Tue 01 Jan 2007Daimlerchrysler to settle court costsDaimlerchrysler will recover about €168 million from insurers in settling a dispute over the costs of a US class-action lawsuit in 2003, a German newspaper reported today.Daimlerchrysler and a group of insurance companies led by insurer ACE had reached an agreement shortly before the end of the year, the Financial Times Deutschlandsaid.