21.   First Michigan Bank Corp. said it ended merger talks with an unidentified suitor.

22.   Gantcher said the decision to end the talks was mutual.

23.   He quickly settled in Pittsburgh year round, ending talk of the franchise moving to Hamilton, Ontario, and prompting the city to embrace him.

24.   He ended his talk with a litany of questions.

25.   HOECHST CALLS OFF SALE OF HERBERTS The German chemical maker Hoechst has ended talks to sell its Herberts paint unit to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

26.   In April, Florida Progress ended talks with Scottish Power, the British utility company, after the two companies failed to agree on a price.

27.   In December, Continental said it ended merger talks with Delta Air Lines Inc. and other U.S. carriers.

28.   In London, the talks are ended.

29.   Iraq has delayed enforcing the order until after Aziz ends talks with the U.N. in New York.

30.   Its bid comes just after Allied Colloids ended talks with another suitor, and may have to be sweetened if Hercules wants to overcome resistance from the U.K. company.