41.   Wage negotiations at Lufthansa begin Monday, and Weber suggested the company may ask its employees to take a pay cut.

42.   Wage negotiations were expected to resume Monday.

43.   Welteke said the main risks were the development of oil prices and wage negotiations.

44.   Workers and employers in Germany are holding acrimonious wage contract negotiations.

45.   Zwickel is currently leading his union in wage negotiations with employers across the country.

46.   Zwickel is leading his union in wage negotiations with employers across the country.

47.   A second round of wage negotiations between German automaker Volkswagen and the IG Metall union were suspended overnight for a week, union sources said Wednesday.

48.   As the warning strikes took place, hundreds of other union members flocked to Frankfurt airport where wage negotiations with employers were taking place.

49.   Bank watchers here expressed concern the lockout could fan disputes at other foreign banks also engaged in wage negotiations.

50.   Dealers said German wage negotiations had reduced expectations that the Bundesbank would cut interest rates.