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frames- `` [ARG0 We] 're willing *-2 to [rel negotiate] , '' says *T*-1 Dennis Gillespie , executive vice president of marketing .
- [ARG0 It] recently signed a preliminary agreement * to [rel negotiate] exclusively with [ARG1-with the Bank of Tokyo Ltd.] for [ARG2-for the sale of part of its leasing business to the Japanese bank] .
- Although [ARG0 Georgia Gulf] has n't been eager *-1 to [rel negotiate] with [ARG1-with Mr. Simmons and NL , a specialty chemicals concern ,] the group apparently believes 0 the company 's management is interested *-114 in some kind of transaction .
- Nekoosa has given the offer a public cold shoulder , a reaction 0 Mr. Hahn has n't faced *T*-2 in [ARG2 his 18 earlier acquisitions] , all of which *T*-3 were [rel negotiated] *-1 [ARGM-LOC behind the scenes] .
- So far , [ARG0 Mr. Hahn] is trying *-1 to entice Nekoosa into * [rel negotiating] [ARG2 a friendly surrender] while *-1 talking tough .
- [ARG0 Citizens in Peninsula , Ohio] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 upset over changes to a bridge] , [rel negotiated] [ARG2 a deal : The bottom half of the railing will be type F , while the top half will have the old bridge 's floral pattern] .
- The president 's plan includes a commitment [ARG0 *] to help *-1 [rel negotiate] [ARG2 a new international coffee agreement] .
- [ARGM-DIS Nevertheless] , he said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 he] is [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with Plant Genetic] [ARG2 *-2 to acquire the technology 0 *T*-3 to try *-4 breeding hybrid cotton] .
- [ARG0 GM] has been [rel negotiating] [ARG2 a friendly transaction with Jaguar that *T*-65 likely would involve joint ventures and an eventual stake of just under 30 %] .
- I worry more about things becoming so unraveled *ICH*-2 on the other side that [ARG0 they] might become unable *-1 to [rel negotiate] .
- [ARG0 Democrats] had been [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with some Republican congressional leaders] on [ARG2-on a compromise] [ARGM-TMP lately] .
- Supporters of poison pills argue that their adoption forces [ARG0 bidders] to [rel negotiate] with [ARG1-with a corporation 's directors , who *T*-185 are thereby put *-1 in a better position 0 * to pursue the long-term interests of the corporation *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to senior consultants to the church] , [ARG0 Mr. Moon] has [ARGM-MNR successfully] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 a joint venture with the Chinese government 0 *T*-1 to build an automobile-parts plant in Guangdong Province , an area of China with a substantial Korean minority] .
- Western analysts say that , given the meeting 's setting at sea , Gorbachev is unlikely *-1 to pass up the opportunity * to press once again for [rel negotiated] [ARG2 cuts] in the navies of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact .
- [ARG0 Eastern and its creditors] are in the final , delicate stages of * [rel negotiating] [ARG2 a second reorganization plan * to pay off the airline 's debts] .
- [ARGM-TMP More recently] , [ARG0 he] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 `` indemnification '' clauses in which an ad agency in some cases must pay a client if it drops the account *T*-1] .
- Santa Fe has disclosed that [ARG0 it] is [rel negotiating] [ARG2 *-1 to sell a 20 % interest in its real estate unit to the California Public Employees Retirement System for roughly $ 400 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Both companies] are in the process of * [rel negotiating] [ARG2 contracts with LTV and others] .
- Separately , Cilcorp said 0 it plans *-1 to purchase as many as 1.4 million shares , or 10 % of its common stock outstanding from time to time on the open market and through [ARGM-MNR privately] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 transactions] .
- In late May , Newmark & Lewis announced a plan * to cut prices 5 % to 20 % and eliminate what [ARG0 it] called *T*-166 a `` standard discount-retailing practice '' of * [rel negotiating] [ARG2 individual deals] with [ARG1-with customers] .
- Mr. Rifenburgh told industry analysts 0 [ARG0 he] is moving `` aggressively '' * to [rel negotiate] [ARG2 out-of-court settlements on a number of shareholder lawsuits] , but noted that the company could file for bankruptcy-law protection if settlement talks fail .
- But [ARG0 Mr. Azoff] had been [rel negotiating] [ARGM-TMP for more than a year] [ARG2 *-2 to get out of his MCA contract , which *T*-1 expired in 1991] .
- In a separate matter , the Justice Department yesterday said 0 Boeing agreed *-1 to pay the government $ 11 million *U* *-2 to settle claims that [ARG0 the company] provided inaccurate cost information to the Air Force while *-3 [rel negotiating] [ARG2 contracts * to replace the aluminum skins on the KC-135 tanker aircraft] .
- The settlement relates to [ARG2 four contracts] [rel negotiated] * [ARGM-TMP from 1982 to 1985] , prosecutors said 0 *T*-1 .
- He said only that the committee has not yet taken any position on Eastern 's reorganization plan and that [ARG0 the two sides] were [ARGM-TMP still] [rel negotiating] .
- Such a change meant 0 the reorganization plan 0 the creditors had agreed on *T*-1 was no longer valid , and [ARG0 the two sides] had *-2 to begin *-3 [rel negotiating] again .
- [ARG0 Costa Rica] had been [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with the U.S. and other banks] [ARGM-TMP for three years] , but the debt plan was rushed *-1 to completion in order * to be announced *-2 at the meeting .
- [ARG0 Many companies] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel negotiating] [ARG2 their 1990 reinsurance contracts] [ARGM-TMP in the next few weeks] .
- [ARGM-ADV In addition to wage increases] , [ARG0 the union] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 improved vacation plans , benefit packages and pension plans] , Mr. Slotnick said 0 *T*-1 .
- The Educational Network , as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs , has been offered *-1 to 1,290 school districts and [ARG0 Whittle] continues *-2 to [rel negotiate] with [ARG1-with 919 districts] .
- [ARG0 Finnish government officials] are [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with creditors of Waertsilae Marine Oy , a major shipyard that *T*-2 filed for bankruptcy protection this week ,] [ARGM-LOC amid confusion and mounting doubts that collapse of the nation 's entire shipbuilding industry can be averted *-1] .
- [ARGM-TMP The last time] 0 [ARG0 parties to these settlements] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 wage increases] *T*-1 , mostly in 1986 or 1987 , wages increased an average of 2.4 % a year over the life of the contracts .
- [ARG0 The company] is [ARGM-TMP still] [rel negotiating] [ARG2 the sales of the other four units] and expects *-1 to announce agreements by the end of the year .
- [ARG0 He] is [rel negotiating] [ARG2 a rich book contract] [ARGM-ADV to boot] .
- The board said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Drabinsky and Vice Chairman Myron Gottlieb] are [rel negotiating] [ARG1 financing] [ARGM-TMP before *-1 offering C$ 16.40 *U* a share *-2 to acquire all of Cineplex 's shares outstanding] .
- [ARG0 The company] is [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with the Soviets] [ARG2 *-2 to build a Thermo King truck-refrigeration plant that *T*-1 would produce about 10,000 units annually] .
- [ARG0 BPCA President and CEO David Emil] hopes *-2 to [rel negotiate] [ARG2 a seawall that *T*-1 could `` be significantly more visually permeable] . ''
- [ARG0 Japan] plans *-1 to send the Chinese back home and is [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with the Chinese government] , a Justice Ministry official said 0 *T*-2 .
- But [ARGM-LOC in today 's overbuilt market] , [ARG0 tenants] have many choices and are [rel negotiating] [ARG2 low rents that *T*-1 squeeze building owners] .
- [ARG0 National Intergroup] is [rel negotiating] for [ARG2-for the sale of its 50 % interest in National Steel] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to concentrate more fully on drug distribution operations] .
- Comprehensive Care Corp. , which *T*-2 has agreed *-3 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp. , reported a $ 4.7 million *U* loss for its Aug. 31 first quarter and said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel negotiating] [ARG2 an extension of senior bank debt past its Oct. 18 due date] .
- Individuals familiar with the negotiations said 0 [ARG2 the partial settlement] being [rel negotiated] * would remove the Boesky partnership , the British fund and Mr. Boesky as defendants , while Drexel and other defendants would remain .
- However , the French merchant has about 200,000 tons of old crop Ivory Coast cocoa stored * in the Netherlands from [ARG2 an agreement] 0 [ARG0 it] had [rel negotiated] *T*-1 with [ARG1-with the Ivory Coast] [ARGM-TMP last spring] .
- But [ARG0 ad executives] who *T*-1 [rel negotiated] [ARG2 the deal] say 0 that works out to only $ 275,000 *U* for a 30-second ad in the World Series through 1993 -- 17 % less than what ABC is charging *T*-2 for the Series this month .
- Delmed Inc. 's top two officers resigned and were succeeded *-2 by executives of Fresenius USA Inc. and its parent , Fresenius AG , [ARG0 a major Delmed holder] that *T*-1 has been [rel negotiating] [ARG2 *-3 to acquire a controlling stake] .
- The stock , 0 *T*-3 to be purchased *-2 on the open market or through [ARGM-MNR privately] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 transactions] , will be held *-1 as treasury shares for stock options or other general corporate purposes .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 *-2] [rel negotiating] *T*-1 , Mr. Corry played his cards close to the vest .
- The State Department said 0 it had received a new letter on the subject *ICH*-1 from Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Arens , restating [ARG0 Israel 's] previous objection to * [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with any Palestinian tied * to the PLO] .
- But [ARG0 some U.S. companies] are [rel negotiating] [ARG2 projects that *T*-2 could be among the biggest ones 0 *T*-3 to be launched *-1] .
- [ARG0 The brokerage firms] , which *T*-1 [rel negotiate] [ARG2 rates] with [ARG1-with the banks and thrifts whose CDs they sell *T*-2] , generally feel 0 they have *-3 to offer clients more than they can get *?* on T-bills or from banks and thrifts directly .
- Honeywell said 0 [ARG1 a second sale of Yamatake-Honeywell] is [ARGM-TMP still] being [rel negotiated] *-1 .
- For instance , [ARG0 British Air] is continuing *-1 to [rel negotiate] with [ARG1-with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines] about [ARG2-about each acquiring a 20 % stake in Sabena World Airlines , the air transport subsidiary of the Belgian national airline] .
- Bill Murphy , director of the new marketing unit , said 0 [ARG0 Meredith] is [rel negotiating] [ARG2 other large-scale packages] with [ARG1-with leading companies in several product categories] , but he would n't disclose their names .
- Sources close to the company and ad agencies that *T*-1 work with Meredith said 0 leading advertisers in consumer electronics , packaged goods and automotive products were among [ARG0 those] [rel negotiating] [ARG2 ad packages] with [ARG1-with the Meredith group] .
- Now some [rel negotiated] [ARG2 sales] that *T*-2 meet a series of tests do n't have *-3 to be pre-registered *-1 .
- Lewis G. Rudnick , a Chicago lawyer who *T*-2 represents franchisers , contends 0 [ARG0 California] is narrowly limiting *RNR*-1 -- rather than expanding *RNR*-1 -- opportunities for * [rel negotiating] [ARG2 sales] .
- He argues 0 California regulators historically have misinterpreted their law -- and he says 0 [rel negotiated] [ARG2 sales] that *T*-1 are n't pre-registered have been legal all along .
- [ARG0 Fund officials] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 the final structure of the proposed deal] with [ARG1-with Santa Fe Pacific] , but they were approached *-1 with the idea by real estate brokers JMB Realty Corp. of Chicago .
- With the collapse of the talks Friday , European analysts expect Ford to intensify its pursuit of British luxury car maker [ARG0 Jaguar PLC] , which *T*-1 is scrambling *-2 to fend off a hostile Ford bid by *-3 [rel negotiating] [ARG2 a friendly alliance with Ford 's archrival , General Motors Corp] .
- [ARG0 Seita and Matra] [ARGM-TMP currently] are [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with city officials] for [ARG2-for the right * to begin service] .
- A special section dealing with aviation rights states that [ARG2 landing rights for Hong Kong 's airlines , which *T*-2 include the smaller Hong Kong Dragon Airlines ,] will continue *-3 to be [rel negotiated] *-1 by [ARG0-by Hong Kong 's government] .
- [ARG0 One of these centers] can involve years of * [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with numerous public agencies , local political leaders , and citizen groups] , and with prospective tenants and sources of financing .
- [ARG0 One of these centers] can involve years of * [rel negotiating] with numerous public agencies , local political leaders , and citizen groups , and with [ARG1-with prospective tenants and sources of financing] .
- `` At that point , [ARG0 -LCB- First Interstate -RCB-] decided 0 it *ICH*-2 was the better part of valor [ARGM-NEG not] * to [rel negotiate] [ARGM-TMP further] , '' said *T*-1 one industry official close to the talks .
- Drexel does n't have a Delaware office , but [ARG0 the New York firm] has been [rel negotiating] [ARG2 settlements that *T*-1 would allow it to operate freely nationwide despite its record as an admitted felon] .
- [ARG0 Both candidates] are [rel negotiating] about [ARG2-about * holding debates] , but Mr. Dinkins is widely seen *-1 as the major obstacle for * scheduling them .
- The collapse Friday prompted speculation that Ford would intensify its pursuit of [ARG0 Jaguar] , which *T*-1 is [rel negotiating] [ARG2 a defensive alliance] with [ARG1-with GM] .
- And Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. scrambled *-3 to restructure and improve the potential returns on [ARG2 a $ 475 million *U* debenture offering] by Chicago & North Western Acquisition Corp. that *T*-2 was [ARGM-TMP still] being [rel negotiated] *-1 [ARGM-TMP late last night] .
- [ARG0 The Conner team] wo n't be able *-3 to [rel negotiate] with [ARG1-with corporate sponsors] until the suit is resolved *-1 and the race site is determined *-2 , Mr. Smith said 0 *T*-4 , and the syndicate 's budget could easily reach $ 30 million *U* .
- It *EXP*-1 would be entirely rational for communist insurgents in countries such as the Philippines or Peru to conclude the following : * Fight viciously enough and [ARG0 the U.S.] , under the banner of pragmatism , might eventually help * [rel negotiate] [ARG2 your way to victory] .
- The three insolvent thrifts will maintain normal business hours and operations under RTC-appointed managing agents , while [ARG0 the RTC] tries *-1 to [rel negotiate] [ARG2 permanent resolutions] .
- Computer Sciences Corp. , El Segundo , Calif. , said 0 [ARG0 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel negotiate] [ARG2 details of a contract *ICH*-1 valued * at about $ 170 million *U* * to provide software for the Ames Research Center] .
- [ARG0 The company] has denied the allegations but has [rel negotiated] [ARG2 a proposed $ 18 million *U* settlement of related lawsuits] .
- [ARGM-TMP After *-1 failing *-2 to find a buyer for the Sears Tower in Chicago] , [ARG0 Sears , Roebuck & Co.] is [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with Boston pension fund adviser Aldrich , Eastman & Waltch Inc.] [ARG2 *-1 to refinance the property for close to $ 850 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV according to people close to the negotiations] .
- [ARG0 The parties] are [ARGM-TMP currently] [rel negotiating] over [ARG2-over who *T*-2 would manage the building , which *T*-3 will be emptied *-1 of 6,000 employees from Sears ' merchandise group , which *T*-4 is moving elsewhere] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] also is making progress in *-1 [rel negotiating] [ARG2 the buy-out of its design division by management] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Jaguar] started *-1 [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with GM and several other car makers] over a year ago , but the rest `` dropped by the wayside ever since the share price went above # 4 *U* -LRB- $ 6.30 *U* -RRB- a share . ''
- [ARG0 El Al director Rafi Har-Lev and top officials of the Soviet Union 's Aeroflot] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 a preliminary pact] [ARGM-LOC in Moscow] [ARGM-TMP this week] , the spokesman said 0 *T*-1 .
- Mr. Lang surprised Time soon after * joining forces when he said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel negotiate] [ARG2 rates] [ARGM-MNR individually] with [ARG1-with advertisers] , [ARGM-ADV a practice common in broadcasting but considered * taboo by magazine publishers] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 South Africa] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 a new debt agreement *ICH*-1] with [ARG1-with its major foreign creditors] for about $ 8 billion *U* of its foreign debt outstanding , said 0 *T*-2 Chris Stals , governor of the Reserve Bank and the country 's chief debt negotiator .
- [ARG0 Sears] is [rel negotiating] [ARG2 *-2 to refinance its Sears Tower for close to $ 850 million *U*] , sources said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 State and city officials] are [ARGM-TMP still] [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with developers] [ARG2 *-1 to renovate historic theaters and build and operate a merchandise mart and hotel] .
- One Colombian drug boss , upon * hearing in 1987 that [ARG0 Gen. Noriega] was [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with the U.S.] [ARG2 * to abandon his command for a comfortable exile] , sent him a hand-sized mahogany coffin engraved * with his name .
- [ARGM-TMP Since then] , [ARG0 Eastern] has been [rel negotiating] with [ARG1-with creditors] over [ARG2-over revisions] , but the creditors committee has been having problems with the revisions .
- [ARG2 The contract] was [rel negotiated] by [ARG0-by the countries ' two prime ministers] , and was supposed * to be free of commissions or agents ' costs .
- [ARG2 No settlement] [rel negotiated] * by [ARG0-by others] can force the Afghan people to give up their struggle .
- Honeywell said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel negotiating] [ARG2 the sale of a second stake in Yamatake-Honeywell] , but indicated 0 it intends *-1 to hold at least 20 % of the joint venture 's stock long term .
- But [ARG0 some dealers] are [rel negotiating] [ARG2 looser terms] , [ARGM-ADV while others decline *-1 to deal at all] .
- [ARGM-DIS For instance] , [ARG0 he] got [ARG2 a $ 3 million *U* loan *ICH*-2] from the S&L , [rel negotiated] * [ARGM-MNR at a below-market rate] .
- The court , agreeing with pipeline companies , found 0 the March 31 deadline was `` arbitrary and capricious '' and `` highly prejudicial to the bargaining power of [ARG0 pipelines] '' that *T*-1 were forced *-2 to [rel negotiate] [ARG2 settlement of the old take-or-pay contracts] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to meet the deadline] .
- [ARG2 Certain details of the restructured facilities] remain *-2 to be [rel negotiated] *-1 .
- Houston attorney Dale Friend , representing a plaintiff in a damage suit , says 0 [ARG0 he] has [rel negotiated] [ARG2 a settlement that *T*-1 will strike a blow for his client] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 an arrangement with Cable News Network under which CNN would agree *-1 to air its last-minute creations *T*-2] .
- `` And then [ARG0 you] still have *-1 to [rel negotiate] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 the U.S.] has [rel negotiated] [ARG2 a significant cut in Japan 's steel quota] , and made only a minor increase to the steel allotment for the European Community .
- [ARG0 Brazil , similar to Mexico and South Korea ,] is expected *-2 to [rel negotiate] [ARG2 a somewhat bigger share of the U.S. market than it had * under the previous five-year steel quotas , which *T*-1 expired Sept. 30] .
- Financial Corp. purchased the bonds , the suit alleged 0 *T*-1 , after [ARG0 Mr. Boesky and Drexel] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 an agreement for Vagabond Hotels to purchase a 51 % stake in the thrift for about $ 34 million *U*] .
- Another is that United Auto Workers union officials have signaled 0 they want tighter no-layoff provisions in [ARG2 the new Big Three national contract] that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel negotiated] *-1 [ARGM-TMP next year] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , Ms. Consolo says 0 *T*-3 , [ARG0 tenants] [ARGM-TMP usually] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel negotiate] [ARG2 *-2 to pay rents that *T*-1 are about one-quarter lower than landlords ' initial asking price] .
- At [ARGM-TMP the very moment] that [ARG0 Senate Republicans] were [rel negotiating] [ARG2 a deal 0 *T*-1 to exclude capital gains from the deficit-reduction legislation] *T*-2 , White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that it *EXP*-3 was the president 's policy * to include it .
- The stock was bought *-1 on Thursday in a [ARGM-MNR privately] [rel negotiated] [ARG2 transaction] , the filing said 0 *T*-2 .
- * To take full advantage of the financial opportunities in this commitment , however , [ARG0 the corporation or professional firm] [ARGM-MOD must] do more than [rel negotiate] [ARG2 the best purchase price or lease terms] .
- And [ARGM-TMP for six years] , [ARG0 NBC , ABC and CBS] have [rel negotiated] with [ARG1-with Hollywood studios] in [ARG2-in a futile attempt * to change that] .
- `` [ARG0 They] do n't seem *-1 to have an incentive * to [rel negotiate] , '' says *T*-2 one network executive .