As is common in many securities cases, Prudential wants the disgruntled investors to agree not to comment publicly about the settlement itself.

Also, some disgruntled investors feel they are at least getting a hearing.

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But some regulators have expressed a desire to make evidence public so that disgruntled investors could use it for their own suits.

Mr. Mitchell has been fielding calls from disgruntled investors, too.

But the federal investigations and class-action suits by disgruntled investors have left a lingering cloud over the company.

It was in the news last summer when a disgruntled investor opened fire in its Atlanta office, killing five people.

Today, disgruntled investors cannot quite believe how easily they were duped.

But how many disgruntled investors will succeed in their cases?

To many of Kmart's disgruntled investors, the 11-member board has not done nearly enough.