21.   GM has spent nearly two years negotiating to buy parts of the Korean company.

22.   He is also negotiating to buy a share in Figaro Systems, the company that makes the titles.

23.   He is negotiating to buy a building where he intends to sort and archive everything.

24.   He denied reports in the press that his bank was negotiating to buy investment bank Banque Indosuez, the flagship unit of Compagnie de Suez SA.

25.   He dreamed up the site addresses, then tracked down their owners and negotiated to buy the names.

26.   He said he would not want to purchase a team with Jordan, who negotiated to buy the Charlotte Hornets.

27.   His partner, Edwards, said he was now negotiating to buy two other buildings on the block as a pure investment.

28.   If that is what Generale de Banque is negotiating to buy, any purchase would be only a small portion of the value of Hambros as a whole.

29.   In a twist on the much-feared foreign invasion of China, Tsingtao is now negotiating to buy three breweries from their foreign owners.

30.   In February, the Financial Reconstruction Commission gave a consortium led by Softbank Corp. the exclusive right to negotiate to buy the failed Nippon Credit Bank.