31.   In recent weeks, he has been negotiating to buy the Minnesota Twins.

32.   In recent weeks, he has been negotiating to buy the team.

33.   Islacom President Cesar Campos said Deutsche Telekom also is negotiating to buy a stake in Shinawatra Computer Co. Plc.

34.   John Kal, a spokesman for the diocese, said diocesan officials had been negotiating to buy the property for use as a cemetery when the seizure occurred.

35.   Knapp was negotiating to buy the company.

36.   Kodak is negotiating to buy controlling stakes in some Chinese photo companies, according to Xiamen Fuda Photographic Materials Co., one of the companies involved.

37.   Leff negotiated to buy the firm back.

38.   Local officials said they were negotiating to buy several acres of land to parcel out to people whose houses were inundated.

39.   Meanwhile, reports continue to circulate that BMG is negotiating to buy Sony Music.

40.   More likely, MFS is negotiating to buy a smaller money-management firm that manages a top-performing stock or bond fund, analysts said.