21.   That caused studios and other production companies to think twice before signing over home video rights to Live, one former executive said.

22.   The U.S.-Japanese agreement, signed over the weekend, will allow companies, including foreigners, to compete over prices and coverage.

23.   The U.S.-Japanese agreement, signed over the weekend, will allow companies, including foreign ones, to compete over prices and coverage.

24.   U.S. officials said they hoped this issue would ultimately be finessed by having the Georgians sign over legal ownership of the nuclear material to Russia.

25.   A series of currency swap agreements that Asian nations signed over the past year could eventually become a formal Asian Monetary Fund, officials said Friday.

26.   A top NATO political official Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Ukraine, aimed at developing concrete cooperation under a partnership charter signed over the summer.

27.   But traders said the U.S. currency was unlikely to slip further because of optimism over a pact signed over the weekend in Mexico by government, labor and business.

28.   Club officials said Monday that the contract was signed over the last weekend.

29.   Contracts covering the other stages will be signed over the next two months, once funding arrangements have been finalized.

30.   Franke said a contract with the unnamed investors, who have pledged a six-figure sum, should be signed over Easter.