101.   Since then, Powerful media has run into financial trouble and is talking about a sale, executives close the company say.

102.   Siemens focused on East Coast companies, executives close to Siemens said, because it wanted to minimize the time difference between Germany and the new American operation.

103.   Tellabs Inc. is expected to announce Friday that it has renegotiated its agreement to acquire Ciena Corp., executives close to the talks said late Thursday.

104.   The Cendant Corp. is in discussions to acquire the American operations of Budget Group, the troubled car rental company, executives close to the talks said Thursday.

105.   The deal is structured so that Qwest pays only for equipment that is actually in use, executives close to the deal said.

106.   The executives close to the internal debate, however, said the chances of the German company selling even a slice of Chrysler in the near future were slim.

107.   The executives close to the negotiations said that no other bidder had emerged for Airtouch.

108.   The executives close to the talks said the negotiations had been going on for months, leading to approval by both boards Monday.

109.   The executives close to Vodafone suggested that the company would leave its offer open until sometime in February.

110.   The executives close to the talks said that Qwest could still lose out to another company.