11.   Freiman used all his contacts and skills to sign the partnership deals that would allow the struggling company to continue development of the drug that could make its fortune.

12.   Gone are the aggressively marketed limited partnership deals where mom-and-pop investors fell prey to swindlers looking to pump cash into questionable oil and gas prospects.

13.   He and two board members maintained that they were unaware of the details of the partnership deals.

14.   In announcing the strategic shift, IBM also said it has signed partnership deals with Alatel, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Telcordia Technologies and Ulticom.

15.   In addition to MSNBC, its joint venture with NBC News, Microsoft has partnership deals with Dreamworks SKG, Paramount Television, Black Entertainment Television and others.

16.   Instead of creating partnership deals with start-ups and joint ventures with large media companies, America Online Studios is creating new offerings in-house.

17.   It also is under mounting financial pressure to cut a partnership deal.

18.   None of this is inexpensive, so GPTV has a strong partnership deal with NHK Japan Broadcasting.

19.   Replay has made partnership deals with Time Warner, Walt Disney, NBC, Showtime Networks and Liberty Media, among others.

20.   Several other partnership deals have been reached recently, including with Sony and Burger King.