1.   Crystallex International Corp. said it wants to form a joint venture with Placer and its Venezuelan partner because it has acquired the rights to additional concessions at the deposit.

2.   Fare wars by regional carriers could erode prior gains and labor unions will likely balk at giving additional concessions.

3.   Government sources also hinted there could be additional concessions announced, possibly timed to the summit between Major and Prime Minister John Bruton of Ireland in two weeks.

4.   Some American officials also say Yeltsin set the date to press for additional concessions.

5.   The commission said it expects to grant two additional concessions later this year for telephone operations in the central and eastern parts of Venezuela.

6.   The owners gave the players additional concessions on salary-cap exceptions, allowing an extra annual exception to the cap for players signed as free agents.

7.   The owners want additional concessions in areas in which the union says it has already compromised.

8.   Owners rejected the proposed agreement last week, and Selig asked the union to make additional concessions.

9.   A special U.S. envoy is offering additional concessions and financial incentives to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to entice him to recognize Bosnia, sources say Thursday.

10.   But many teams had tired of the fight and realized that it would take another costly work stoppage to gain additional concessions.