1.   Alomar can also be a free agent, but contract talks are ongoing.

2.   All-Pro running back Jamal Anderson will be the missing player as he begins a holdout while contract extension talks continue.

3.   Although he is eager to start professional ball, Esposito said he would return to UConn if contract talks reached an impasse.

4.   Although he said nothing last week, Mariucci breathed a sigh of relief when contract talks resumed.

5.   American Axle Inc. and United Auto Workers negotiators resumed contract talks today, trying to avoid a midnight strike that would shut down General Motors Corp. assembly plants.

6.   American recently rekindled contract extension talks with its pilots union in hopes of enlisting its support for a Northwest deal.

7.   An arbitration panel created to resolve deadlocked contract talks at national phone company CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela plans to hold its second meeting Tuesday, CANTV officials said.

8.   An agreement at Ford would be used as a basis for contract talks with Chrysler and GM.

9.   Analysts said supply contract talks with General Motors Corp. and other automakers have started.

10.   Analysts say GM is setting the stage for the national UAW contract talks in September and is feeling pressure from Wall Street to cut its costs.