1.   By late Tuesday, there was no indication of when talks, which collapsed amid mutual acrimony Saturday, might resume.

2.   EMTV, a once red-hot German media company, all but collapsed amid revelations of improper accounting and shady dealmaking.

3.   Four months later, the company collapsed amid lawsuits and accusations.

4.   However, that deal subsequently collapsed amid accusations that Disney planned to make changes not agreed to in the settlement, such as doubling yearly out-of-pocket costs.

5.   In March, Dutch bank ING Groep NV took over the assets of Barings Plc after it collapsed amid derivatives losses in Asia.

6.   It was the seventh gain in the nine days since world markets collapsed amid concern over slowing growth in Asia.

7.   Mrs. Machado, under heavy sedation since learning of the death of her only daughter, collapsed amid the belongings, said an acquaintance, Celso Jose Queiroz Conceicao.

8.   Neighboring Latvia suffered its own banking crisis last summer when three banks collapsed amid charges of fraud and embezzlement.

9.   One joint effort at reform, an attempt to form a bipartisan committee, has already collapsed amid partisan squabbling.

10.   Public outrage over campaign donations by Enron Corp., which is now collapsing amid charges of fraud, appeared to provide the final push.