41.   Negotiations were taking too long and the company wanted to put its efforts into a transaction that is more likely to pay off.

42.   Negotiations will take time, and both sides will have to learn more about what is needed to reach an agreement, he said.

43.   Negotiations sometimes take years to complete even when conducted under fast-track rules.

44.   Neither Pointcast nor News Corp. would confirm that negotiations had taken place.

45.   Negotiations took an ugly turn after the drunken driving charges.

46.   Negotiations with regulators took about three years, CBOT officials said.

47.   Negotiations can take on a different tone during a cooling-off period, said Krupin.

48.   Negotiations could take up to three years to complete.

49.   Negotiations have taken place over several months, with baseball initially wanting to triple what Fox and NBC were paying to renew their deals.

50.   No substantive negotiations are taking place on Hainan Island, and contact between the Chinese and U.S. officials remains sporadic.