1.   And the upheaval at Madison Square Garden last week has further complicated labor negotiations with the Rangers.

2.   And Thursday, Verizon proposed a new payment schedule, further complicating the negotiations, one person said.

3.   Barings executives said the negotiations were complicated by questions about whether ING might inherit liability for any lawsuits or criminal prosecutions that might arise from the case.

4.   A similar agreement is expected this week with the largest union of municipal workers, although one union leader said the raise package could complicate the negotiations.

5.   Aides to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said the settlement would complicate negotiations with municipal unions when their contracts begin to expire this winter and early next spring.

6.   But such a major change would only complicate negotiations, he added.

7.   But the owners and the players have arrived here, too, because of a series of misperceptions that have complicated negotiations.

8.   But this tangle of debt has complicated negotiations with DaimlerChrysler.

9.   Complicating the negotiations, film and television company executives are seeking to walk a delicate line between the demands of the writers and the objections of the directors.

10.   Complicating the negotiations has been a larger consolidation of the European aerospace industry that has also involved all the Airbus partners.