1.   But few expect the time-consuming budget process to yield an agreement with the Democratic president.

2.   He said it is difficult to say if the planned meetings in New Zealand will yield an agreement.

3.   Merger talks between French telecommunications giant Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. are called off after intense negotiations failed to yield an agreement.

4.   Merger talks between French telecommunications giant Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. were called off Tuesday after intense negotiations failed to yield an agreement.

5.   The negotiations in New Delhi yielded no agreements.

6.   Though the effort has not yet yielded tangible agreements, the Clinton administration has reawakened the quest for Mideast peace.

7.   Wilpon has not explained publicly why his talks with the city have not yielded an agreement for a new stadium.

8.   A public sector and government strike that paralyzed Israel ended Monday after all-night talks yielded an agreement between the Israeli government and the trade federation.

9.   A White House meeting with key House and Senate judiciary committee leaders failed to yield an agreement to resume negotiations over a gun bill.

10.   But negotiations with Syria and Lebanon have yet to yield an agreement.