1.   Negotiators are meeting on Friday to wrap up the deal.

2.   Negotiators will meet again after the holidays and take up where they left off.

3.   As usual, the negotiators met Tuesday in a closed room.

4.   Backers of the study commission plan to press for it when House and Senate negotiators meet this fall to craft compromise legislation on the courts spending bill.

5.   After imposing a news blackout at noon on Sunday, negotiators met away from the public eye with a federal mediator for several hours.

6.   All these discussions are academic, at this point, of course, especially since baseball negotiators have not met since Friday.

7.   But a source close to the discussions confirmed that the negotiators are meeting on Orcas Island.

8.   Company and union negotiators are meeting in Washington all week to try to settle the dispute.

9.   Company and union negotiators were meeting today to work out details of the Monday talks, Chrysler spokesman Tony Cervone said.

10.   Company and union negotiators met in Washington for the fourth day in an attempt to end the strike that has hobbled the largest U.S. package-delivery service.