1.   Analysts say that mergers and alliances will become more common as suppliers try to win back negotiating power.

2.   And he pledged an early Senate vote this year on giving Bush expanded trade negotiating power.

3.   And that negotiating power, the authors predict, will be fueled by technology.

4.   At the time, Cooper urged the switch, saying flight attendants would not have negotiating power without joining a bigger union.

5.   By contrast, the negotiating power of smaller doctor groups and individual practitioners is considerably less.

6.   Earlier this year, contract talks were suspended for several months after the workers joined the Canadian Auto Workers union in a bid to boost their negotiating power.

7.   Even many stations that do make the digital conversion intact will have little negotiating power, compared with the likes of Disney and Viacom.

8.   He said Clinton needs to fix the global warming treaty if he wants Congress to support his call for broader negotiating powers to strike new trade deals.

9.   If the hospital groups put their own consortium on the Web, their negotiating power could increase exponentially.

10.   In order for such a measure to succeed, analysts agree that Bush must win special negotiating power from Congress.