1.   Cablevision has held protracted talks with a number of companies about selling a large stake in the company.

2.   Cross-border jurisdiction is also the subject of protracted international talks at The Hague, which Fares said remained far from reaching a resolution on the issue.

3.   Is the winner locked in protracted talks with a tax planner, investment counselor, or lawyer?

4.   The agreement comes after protracted talks, held up by disagreement over the amount of transit fees Kazakhstan must pay Iran.

5.   Although the possessory credit was very much on the table during the protracted Writers Guild talks, it was not a part of the May settlement.

6.   Arriving Monday at U.N. headquarters, al-Anbari said he did not know whether an agreement was at hand in the protracted talks.

7.   Government, employers and labor have held protracted talks under the umbrella of the National Economic Development and Labor Council.

8.   ITAR-Tass said it spoke with Aslan Maskhadov, who last year conducted protracted talks on military matters with the Russians, in the Chechen capital Grozny.

9.   Last year, Maskhadov conducted protracted talks on military matters with the Russians in the Chechen capital Grozny.

10.   Rabe of Verizon said Thursday afternoon that the threatened walkout by union negotiators could give all parties greater incentive to wrap up the protracted talks.