41.   Krupp Chief Executive Gerhard Cromme and Thyssen Chief Executive Dieter Vogel will start talks tomorrow on creating a joint steelmaker, the companies said in a joint statement.

42.   Last month, Chile and Bolivia started talks on association.

43.   Justice lawyers may soon start settlement talks with the firms, and have asked them to waive confidentiality agreements on some subpoenaed documents and tapes.

44.   Last month, Bronfman fired a quartet of top executives at the slumping movie division and is believed to have started buyout talks with London-based EMI.

45.   Krupp Chief Executive Gerhard Cromme and Thyssen Chief Executive Dieter Vogel will start talks tomorrow on creating a joint steelmaker, the companies said in a statement.

46.   MSG has waited to hire Kaat before starting talks with little-known play-by-play announcer Dave Cohen, who has called Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs games.

47.   Next week, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela are to start talks.

48.   On Monday, Chile is to start talks to establish a free-trade treaty with Peru.

49.   On the other hand, if Pixar continues to make smash hits, that could free Jobs to start talks with other studios.

50.   Officials of the union are eager to start the talks, and they have shown willingness to consider big changes in policy.