1.   Bonds were given a small boost Thursday afternoon on news that a tentative accord was reached in the GM strike, with a union vote Friday.

2.   A tentative accord was reached Thursday.

3.   A tentative accord was reached hours before a ban to keep three Japanese shipping lines out of U.S. ports was to take effect.

4.   After reaching the tentative accord, the two sides suspended their talks until after Boutros-Ghali returns.

5.   But until US Airways and its flight attendants reached a tentative accord early Saturday morning, passengers holding e-tickets for US Airways flights faced a real dilemma.

6.   Collapse of the talks on any one area of the budget could cause the tentative accords to fall apart.

7.   Domenici said that negotiators plan to break out the tax and spending portions of the still tentative accord.

8.   Japanese officials said they had basically reached a tentative accord that would greatly reduce government involvement in the politically sensitive market for computer chips.

9.   John McMullen, the owner of the Devils, even denied Wednesday that a tentative accord had been reached.

10.   Last week, FutureNet reached a tentative accord, called a stipulated modified temporary restraining order, with the FTC.