1.   Although he met with Elliott once before Horizon formally made its offer, there have been no negotiations since, Busby said, and none are planned.

2.   And GM has completely revamped its approach to labor negotiations since last year.

3.   In negotiations since March, everybody is pretty much hunkered down and suspicious.

4.   ISN and HSN hooked up at the Internet World show in San Francisco last June and had been in negotiations since.

5.   Negotiations since April have wrought very little progress.

6.   Officials from both countries have been in intense negotiations since then.

7.   The details of the merger have been under negotiation since February.

8.   The Nets and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority have been in negotiations since last November to rework the lease.

9.   The parties have been locked in negotiations since then to agree on ministerial posts in a new government.

10.   The parties have been locked in negotiations since then about ministerial posts in a new government.