1.   At midafternoon, Praxair said it was in discussions with CBI and would keep its offer open past the extended deadline.

2.   But he added that the extended deadline would have to stand.

3.   Commission officials are preparing for a vote, possibly as soon as late next week, although the agency and the companies have in the past extended deadlines.

4.   Cooper has said he hopes to have a reorganization plan completed by midsummer, well before the extended deadline.

5.   Its extended deadline to withdraw from the agreement was set to expire at midnight today.

6.   The extended deadline is in part to allow U.S. investors time to accept.

7.   With the extended deadlines and the ABM deal under his belt, Yeltsin promised to press the Duma to ratify START II.

8.   Police kept searching Friday for kidnapped American reporter Daniel Pearl as an extended deadline set by his abductors to kill him neared.

9.   An FCC spokesperson said each request for an extended deadline would be reviewed on an individual basis.

10.   He did not refer to the extended deadline.