31.   But in the final stage of talks, a discrepancy arose over terms and the company lost its negotiating rights, Kalmurzayev said.

32.   Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned, restricted free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights for rest of season.

33.   In the system, Japanese teams can sell the negotiating rights for their players to major league teams.

34.   The bidding for the negotiating rights to Ichiro Suzuki, top hitter in Japan, came to a close Wednesday.

35.   The Dutch industrial machinery group Stork NV said Thursday it has been granted exclusive negotiating rights for the possible takeover of Fokker Aviation BV.

36.   The Indians lose their exclusive negotiating rights with Ramirez at midnight on Friday at which time he can negotiate salary with any other team.

37.   The Indians, who have exclusive negotiating rights with Ramirez until midnight tonight, faxed their counterproposal to agent Jeff Moorad.

38.   The new system allows Major League clubs to bid for exclusive negotiating rights to any player made available by a Japanese club.

39.   The Marines assigned his negotiating rights to the San Diego Padres in January.

40.   The Mets waited to make that offer until after Hampton hit the open market, letting the period of exclusive negotiating rights expire last month without a competitive offer.