1.   The talks fizzled because of disagreements about a headquarters city and who would head the new bank, people close to the banks said.

2.   The Yankees had discussed signing Williams to a long-term deal when Steinbrenner met with Boras last May, but those talks fizzled.

3.   But settlement talks fizzled last fall after Justice Department lawyers balked at a proposed deal, Gingold said.

4.   There was no agreement for a planned NATO force so far, and fighting continued in the Serb province as talks fizzled, with five policemen wounded Tuesday.