1.   A bidding war erupted and less than a year later, the group signed to Elektra.

2.   A year later, the group signed with Sire Records and added the keyboardist Jerry Harrison to fill out its post-punk sound.

3.   Even as the rebel groups signed the accord in a hotel ballroom here, they continued to squabble about how to carry out its first main provisions.

4.   He said Lansford said his group signed a five-year contract with Mesquite and plans to honor it.

5.   He said he could not comment on the specifics of the offer or the negotiations because the group had signed a confidentiality agreement.

6.   His group has signed an agreement with OncorMed Inc., a biotechnology company in Gaithersberg, Md., which will perform the tests.

7.   In the end, nine family groups signed the agreement, as did all the major cable and broadcast networks except NBC.

8.   It took until June for the groups to sign a letter of intent, with a closing scheduled for August.

9.   Ms. Brown announced last week that her Talk Media group had signed Amis for three books, a screenplay and several magazine articles.

10.   Recently, his group had signed a deal to have its own label through Bellmark Records, Lover said.