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The talks are preliminary and a deal is not likely to happen for at least a couple of months, the Journal reported.

The reaction to a deal of this size is like the athlete that runs the big race with the TV cameras rolling.

Meanwhile, with the pressures on them suspended, Hamas and Fatah would have a year to thrash out a deal on a joint government.

To them, it indicates that physical attractiveness is not that big a deal and that it's easy to compensate for physical shortcomings.

A deal would more than double the size of the company and mean that its business would be dominated by Asian sales and profits.

Whisper it quietly, and be prepared for accusations of heresy to rain down on your head, but that might be a deal worth making.

Google announced today it had done a deal with Life to put their pictures online.

Russia's Siberian reserves were once thought to be all but wrapped up in a deal for China, but now Japan may win the contract.

But he might be open to one lasting just a few days, if it helps to get a deal done.

Such a deal, he said, "would make them a home turf player even if they are a foreign player. "

Funded by venture capitalists, it recently secured $53m of funding in a deal that gave it a valuation of over $1 billion.

We did go over to Abu Dhabi to try and get a deal done, but the distraction of the weekend meant that it was not the right time.

Now the company is said to be in talks with Norway's StatoilHydro about a deal in the Gulf of Mexico.

The professional believed that this was not in one day finalizes a deal the signing quantity, should be long time accumulates becomes.

With such suspicions to the fore of his thinking, it is hard to see how a deal based necessarily on mutual trust could ever be struck.

For some, the discussions with China will be just a time-killing exercise while waiting for a deal with Tokyo.

You may be put final touches on a website or you may be talking through the details of a deal with a media company.

By itself, as I said, the war in Georgia isn't that big a deal economically.

The point is simple: Consumers are always going to search for a deal, and this demand is not diminishing.

Despite of that, both Barcelona and Inter Milan had prepared to make a deal with Ronaldo.

Earlier, Stern agreed that it would be a failure if the owners and players don't reach a deal to end the lockout in the next few days.

He said the move was part of a deal to swap prisoners in Russia for the accused spies arrested in the U. S.

Ghosn has repeatedly said he would not consider a deal that would involve spending cash in an uncertain market.

The company said the deal will not be contingent on any completion of a deal with Yahoo, which has a 40% stake in Alibaba Group.

If investors agree to such a deal of their own free will, as happened for Uruguay in 2003, it would not constitute a credit event.

For months South Korea's envoys have been warning that this next step could be a deal killer.

He said he had also been trying to fix a deal with Hamas over a prisoner exchange, including freedom for a kidnapped Israeli corporal.

U. S. and Russian officials acknowledged little progress has been made trying to work out a deal that would blunt Moscow's concerns.

People familiar with BHP said that it was not uncommon on a deal of this type to make contact with a range of interested parties.

In March, they appeared to suggest they had a deal, when, in fact, they did not.

David Plouffe, a White House adviser, told ABC yesterday it was not clear if there would be enough House Republicans to get a deal through.

X said that once 15 years ago, a business partner told him that they would have a deal if Mr. X could finish the baijiu in front of him.

Once upon a time, the name of the real estate game was 'let's make a deal. '

Setser and I were trying to estimate what the chances were of such a deal ever getting government approval.

Europe's feuding leaders could hash out a deal to put the single currency and the zone's banking system on a sustainable footing.

We made a deal yesterday. That will help him to remember to wash his hands.

Up until recently, Mr. Henderson had been a proponent of a deal that would sell 55% of Opel to Magna.

And when these companies duke it out for market share, you know you'll be able to get a deal.

A deal, he said, is only a cheap long-distance phone call or a few key strokes on the computer away.

Such a deal would be difficult for Mr. Abdullah, experts said, given the temptation for him to condemn the vote as a fraud.

Such a deal would be easier to pull off between governments rather than with pesky independent shareholders. So buying them out makes sense.

Thomas Cook is now the official travel partner of Manchester United in a deal announced at the beginning of July.

And hopefully some hair on his head. But I mean even that's not a deal breaker these days.

A customs service official confirmed it had reached a deal with the lab but would not offer details of the arrangement.

He said soaring food prices provided another rare opportunity for a deal, since European and American farmers are prospering.

After treling, she finds a witch that offers her a deal. She accepts the offer to trade a pair of legs for her voice.

A hard, poor childhood in north London had given him a nose for a deal and a sharp sense of the value of everything.

They're looking at ways to make cuts to government spending and come up with a deal that would last until the next budget starts.

A deal with a company operating in Britain is likely within a year, she said.

'If there isn't a commitment for transparency of some sort, that would be a deal breaker, ' she said.

"It is at this crucial stage when you reach the end-game that you need the president's authority to help us do a deal, " he said.

How much worse a deal can they expect when government calls the shots?

He said he hoped a deal could be reached before then.

You're thinking, well it's not that big of a deal, you know, I'm a pretty friendly person. Slap yourself on the face.

Maybe it's just me, but I hate when a connection of a connection of a connection wants me to take a look at a deal.

J&J sells Remicade, an anti-inflammatory drug, with Schering-Plough, and a deal for the company could give it full rights to the drug.

Yet if such a deal is offered, Qayumi said he "would grudgingly sign. "

This is one of the questions in Washington in a dispute over a deal worth at least thirty-five billion dollars.

"If there is not even a commitment to pursue transparency [on emissions cuts], that's kind of a deal breaker for us, " she said.

"It looks like a very elaborate compass, " said Mr. Rudder, who said he first encountered feng shui in a deal in 2007.

The report did not provide details of the talks, but quoted an unidentified Changan executive as saying there was a chance for a deal.

Such a partnership would not preclude a deal with Microsoft, but may give Yahoo leverage to negotiate a higher offer.

That man Smollett, ' he said once, 'is a better man than I am. And when I say that it means a deal, Jim. '

So perhaps it was wise not to make too big a deal about new energy vehicles at the Shanghai show as the test results just came out.

One Gulf businessman told your correspondent that he gave up on a deal in Iraq after nine different officials came to ask him for bribes.

She got a twinkle in her eye as she put out her hand and shook mine. "Mother, you've got yourself a deal! "

We're close to a deal coming out of Asia and we're in discussions with a number of companies interested in being on his golf bag.

Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.

If just one of these turns into a deal, it makes the effort and expense worthwhile.

New contract talks between Sereni and Lazio have collapsed and Milan are ready to offer him a deal to become understudy to Dida next season.

Every little bit hurts, but this isn't as big a deal as a casual reading of this article might lead you to think.

Activists say Canada is trying to block a deal that ensures western nations live up to promises to boost aid to Africa.

Kaladze now says that he has agreed on a deal to join Jose Mourinho's side, with just a transfer fee to be decided between the two parties.

If you and your business advisor think an issue is a deal-stopper, calmly tell the VC why you think so.

But Inter have been strong favourites to snap up the former Arsenal captain and a deal now finally appears close to completion.

All work is a deal, a compromise between what you want out of life and what an employer wants to get out of you.

All this makes the need for a deal at the multinational climate summit set to convene in Copenhagen this December all the more pressing.

Prof. Edwards said the ideal message to Mr. Sokol would have been, 'You could either liquidate your position, or we don't do a deal. '

It's rumored that the company has made a deal with Google to be a cornerstone of a coming Google Games platform or portal.

But in a dialogue over dinner a few weeks ago, one of Maliki's top budget advisers dismissed any possibility of such a deal.

The bank recently announced it had been unable to agree a deal with private equity groups.

However, you must be realistic about how much profit is in a deal.

He had lost money in the falling stock markets and was hoping to recoup some of his losses when a businessman called to offer him a deal.

If such a deal were to be struck between the UAW and Chrysler, GM and Ford would demand something similar.

And a Chinese buyer might see the value of such a deal if it offers access to the know-how of a first-rate multinational insurance company.

I could have dealt with a small, funky, haunted room but being relatively far from Causeway Bay was a deal breaker for me.

Meanwhile, the policeman at the jail offers Mahone a deal if he trades the name of his accomplice at the racetrack.

Skilling said he never considered striking a deal with prosecutors because he believed he had done nothing wrong.

Speaking of food, when Ray Lesser was growing up in Cleveland, his mother and aunt, who lived down the street, struck a deal.

The prime minister said he believes a deal is possible.

Meanwhile, the policeman at the jail offers Mahone a deal if he trades the name of his accomplice at the racetrack.

Skilling said he never considered striking a deal with prosecutors because he believed he had done nothing wrong.

Speaking of food, when Ray Lesser was growing up in Cleveland, his mother and aunt, who lived down the street, struck a deal.

The prime minister said he believes a deal is possible.

It used to be a given for many M& A watchers that diving straight into a deal could often be a mistake for a new CEO.

Yesterday I had a deal with a vice manager. He acts like the point man.

I could try to call Arsene Wenger to see if they've done a deal without me, but I can't imagine that would happen.

It is a sign that European countries may be moving closer to a deal to help Greece out of its immediate financial straits.

"We probably won't do all the work in Copenhagen, but I think we can at least get the framework of a deal, " he said.

Today is one day out of your entire life. Unless you're going to die soon, it's probably not going to be that big of a deal.

Today is one day out of your entire life. Unless you're going to die soon, it's probably not going to be that big of a deal.

It is fine happily today. Oh. have made into a deal. It is calm that the mood has no idea.

But unless he strikes a deal soon with one of his foes, one of these outcomes seems hard to avoid.

So negotiating a deal between them will not be easy, and may require more statecraft than President Medvedev can muster.

That was a deal-breaker, though Turkey, Brazil and recently Japan have been trying to keep talks going.

We would be ready to conclude a deal very quickly, as we need these products to be made available to our client by the end of the year.

I've been fortunate enough to win three titles, so getting out of the first round is not that big of a deal for me.

One of the big goals of this meeting was to put together a deal to reduce green house gas emissions.

Manchester United are desperately trying to prise the Bulgarian away from Tottenham - but as yet have been unable to strike a deal.

But yesterday the EU delegation told the conference that these did not add up to a deal that would satisfy UN-backed scientific advice.

The mere prospect of a deal seems to be forcing both sides to buck up their business, though.

"Everyone is hoping that there will soon be a [deal approval] precedent but no one wants to go first, " he said.

Eight said such a deal would not be credible and the rest did not answer.

Betty: But still, wining and dining is often a necessary part of making a deal.

Galliani has already confirmed talks could last all week and he is prepared to squeeze the Catalans into a deal.

March 3 - The Players "We the NFL players are in D. C. ready to get a deal done, just in case anyone wants to know. "

I messed up a business deal, a deal that would have made ten million dollars and I messed it up.

The software giant had wanted to do a deal to be able to compete with Google, which dominates the lucrative market for internet advertising.

Page soon got over it, but Facebook's rejection was still a blow to Google; it had never lost a deal this big and this publicly.

Analysts will probably spend the next weeks analyzing the financial details and potential bidders for such a deal.

Not surprisingly, Chinese Major-General Peng Guangqian said the US was making too big a deal out of the test.

The company is shutting down Saturn, and it began to halt operations at Saab after a deal with Koenigsegg in Sweden was called off.

Financial assistance from the rich to the poor world has long been regarded as one of the four elements essential for a deal at Copenhagen.

Demons of desire are amongst the most powerful, and are the ones most likely to seek out the living and actively trick them into a deal.

After her burial I approached the Pastor and made a deal with him.

Real have been keen on Robben all summer but have been so far unable to strike a deal with The Blues.

The likely cost of a deal with Chrysler would be beyond the resources of most Chinese companies.

Miliband said people around the world would be rightly furious if negotiators failed to get a deal.

Citi declined to comment on the possibility of a deal, which had been speculated on in the Chinese press.

If you've spent any time traveling and using Google maps, then you know how big a deal an offline mode can be.

Since I have been doing business with her for so long now, she cut me a deal on my last purchase.

He has no imagination. I can unload plenty of cotton in the black market if he'll make a deal .

The lawmakers cautioned, however, that such a deal could be a hard sell, given the widespread opposition to Mr. Zelaya in Congress.

Both of them soon made a deal. The eagle said he would teach the donkey to fly patiently.

If they keep it up a while longer, the prospects for a deal on more nuclear power may yet survive.

Kwame Brown, one of the worst No. 1 overall draft picks ever, is at the end of a deal that pays him $9 million this season.

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers.

His departure comes as part of a deal with the Maoist party, which wants its own leader at the head of government.

In a meeting at the White House, they rejected a deal to get through the next six months.

If they were to offer me a deal, the reply would be positive.

They still need to strike a deal with a Chinese carrier and no recent signs of progress have come from its talks with China Unicom.

Bypassing the police, the star is believed to have negotiated a deal directly with the mafia, who agreed to leave his family alone.

Then there's the whole human rights argument, which inevitably comes to the front of the line whenever China is involved in a deal.

S. Yesterday, there was talk of a deal that would make NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the leader of the operation.

Oddly, it has done well even out of a deal that failed to come together.

Madonna finally got a deal with Gotham Records, worth one hundred dollars a week.

Uncertainty in global markets and a promise to spend up to $30bn on a buy-back after a deal is consummated may play into BHP's hands.

"There was no reason for this to happen seeing as there was already a deal with the Rossoblu, " noted Moratti on Tuesday.

Google tried to make a deal with Facebook too, Schmidt said, but "Microsoft was willing to give them terms that we were unwilling to. "

He took the microphone to announce that a deal (the Copenhagen accord) was done, and secretariat personnel frantically distributed the text.

Sadly, with no clear property rights, there was no basis for a deal.

Italy is not the only country to have struck a deal with insurgents.

With AOL lost to the enemy, what of a deal between Microsoft and either Yahoo! or eBay?

Britain's former ambassador to Washington told the inquiry that such a deal had been "signed in blood" at Crawford.

He said therefore that a deal was only possible if it is signed by all three leaders, Mr. Mugabe, Mr. Tsvangirai, and himself.

Such a deal could result in Russia agreeing to release prisoners, one of the officials said.

This is one of the questions in Washington in a dispute over a deal worth at least 35 billion dollars.

AC Milan and Manchester City have expressed interest in him, but a deal has yet to be reached that satisfies all parties.

The US could run out of money to pay its bills if America's major parties can't work out a deal soon.

Amy wants Matt to help her with her homework, so they make a deal.

South Korea's president has made a second public apology for his management of a deal to resume controversial American beef imports.

Yet Mr Downer says the real question is not whether a deal is possible but whether the two sides truly want one.

Shin Corp gave no details of a time-frame or size for such a deal .

Yet despite continued trade frictions, the meeting is an opportunity for a deal that would benefit both countries.

The good news is though, the problems in Cyprus are not that big of a deal, a compared to if something like this happens, some place larger.

I have had more close friends try to talk me out of a deal or an investment.

' He goes on, 'So the philosophic question of the day is: Would you take that as a deal?

In late December, the two had settled on most of the details of a deal, but financing and government approvals remained to be completed.

"By buying the rights to continental Europe and Morocco you more or less force Nanjing to make a deal, " he said.

Trying to recover, the Energy Department is trying to cut a deal with a utility that is already planning a new power plant.

The accounting board said the talks aimed to strike a deal that would allow "joint inspections" of China-based audit firms.

America and the EU have been trying to reach a deal which would eliminate the need to double-test many products.

Since America is not seen as an honest broker, closing such a deal may well require some new mediator.

And yet he still didn't like the idea of a deal.

Earlier Alves' agent Geronimo Suarez said he was "80-90% confident" a deal can be struck between Chelsea and Sevilla for the full-back.

One cable spelled out a deal that Turkey's leadership was trying to nail down to buy 16 Super Cobra helicopter gunships.

Both owners stressed the private equity interest was unsolicited and cautioned it was far from certain a deal would be reached.

I can't force you to make a deal, but I can assure you that our product can stand competition. has the edge on the competition.

South Africa has signed a deal with Vietnam to help curb the rising number of illegally slaughtered rhinos, officials announced on Monday.

Greece has sealed a deal with the European Union and IMF that opens the door to a EUR120b financial bailout, Reuters reported Sunday.

Abruzzi sees Bellick walking past the fence and asks if he can work out a deal with him.

Everybody has a good idea of what is needed, in terms of money and emissions cuts, to get a deal.

The first step, we are told, was to sit down with representatives from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries to work out a deal.

I approached Golf Digest (a well known golf magazine) and was able to strike a deal where our program was marketed using their name.

This may create a chance for Mr Obama under otherwise dire political circumstances to push Republicans into a deal.

Meanwhile, Yahoo's months-long discussions with Time Warner about combining its AOL unit, have not led to a deal so far.

The key to any purchase, however, would be persuading the presiding Schindler family to do a deal.

To conserve cash, Chrysler has halted certain new-product plans, a sign that it sees a deal with GM as the only path out.

A deal to put Apple's iPhone, officially, on China's largest wireless carrier has always been imminent.

and before I could even contact you and Peter, he had already signed a deal with the owner.

Even the Justice Department did not complain about a deal because spy cases are often handled this way.

By 1996 he had decided to move into bottled water and did a deal with Danone to help expand.

But he has concluded that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has no interest in a deal.

But he denied that a deal had been done; early in the negotiations, he said there could be no deal without Mr Tsvangirai.

I know it's wrong to have done it without talking, but it was too good of a deal to miss--it's amazing, bro.

Itochu said yesterday it had signed a deal with Cofco to co-operate in procurement and distribution of grain, meat and other foodstuffs.

Meanwhile, GM found a new buyer for Saab, two months after a deal with Sweden's Koenigsegg fell apart.

"There has to be a deal. Failure is not an option, " he said.

salesperson, salesman, saleswoman, sales E. g. After a deal closes, you as a salesperson have to move in with that customer, not move on.

Thankfully, such a deal would not affect users of the website.

But so far, only a small, almost unknown privately-owned heavy equipment manufacturer from the province of Sichuan has signed a deal.

An investment bank undertaking such a deal issues batches of new securities backed by this portfolio.

He may win the shareholder vote, if Yahoo! does not strike a deal with him first.

He also struck a deal with Mazeppa, one of the Ukrainian Cossack leaders, who was eager to cast off the Russian yoke.

One friend was talking about a deal with a set rate for 200 hours of Internet access a month. He said that wouldn't be enough.

the company was in a strong position to negotiate a deal.

Years ago, a very wise general manager once told me that "everyone wants a deal" and that sure holds true today.

For a good three decades, the UN has been trying to arrange a deal.

But to getapproved for such a deal, students must demonstrate financial need, which ispartly determined by the cost of their chosen school.

'In a negotiation like this, everything is speculation until there's a deal, ' said an administration official.

Today's announcement is actually an extension of a deal first formed between the two companies back in 2007.

At the meeting, Walter brokered a deal with the board to instead relinquish his responsibilities and take a three-month leave of absence.

Diego called me a lot in the days when he was closing a deal with Juventus. He wanted to know about the city, the team and the club.

do not be afraid to walk away from a deal if you become aware of serious difficulties with a company you are targeting.

So the philosophic question of the day is: Would you take that as a deal?

Enter incentive fees, which are awarded to the leading or star banks in a deal deemed to have done a good job.

The Frenchman's representatives have been contacted by the Spanish giants with a view to a deal next summer.

But as The Economist went to press, they too seemed to be on the verge of striking a deal, just as the derisive Mr Erdogan had predicted.

Better to have no deal than a deal that imposes spending cuts in the next few years.

As the name implies, a liquidation preference means that a VC gets the first money out of a deal.

The proposal also says if such a deal can't be reached, the administration would levy tariffs against imports from that country.

At this mention of a deal worth hundreds of millions of pounds, Mr Murdoch's mood of contrition seemed to fade a bit.

During the election campaign the Labor government has been reported to have done a deal with the Green Party.

The star point guard became the first major NBA star to ink a deal with a professional club overseas as a result of the lockout.

However, all this is just a deal, mended to actually be really into this love.

Early this year, it planned to invest in a copper mine in northern Chile through a deal with Canadian miner Quadra, but it fell through.

Your opponent is going to notice that you're just not interested in making a deal. Expect to achieve nothing.

I can confirm we're actively trying to sign a striker and hope to secure a deal for one any day soon.

Even if lawmakers reached a deal on their own, it would be heavily tilted towards spending cuts - the last thing a fragile US economy needs.

For the moment both sides continue to talk tough, but S&P's action has added to the pressure to strike a deal.

He said Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake hopes to announce a deal before the end of the year.

Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a deal table a ewer and a basin.

Papandreou surprised financial markets this week when he called for a public vote on a deal the European Union had reached days earlier.

Both the White House and top Republicans are playing down the prospects for a deal in Sunday's talks.

In a deal that the company feels didn't do well, the incentive fee, which favors global coordinators, could be cut or withheld.

He came in talking about working in bipartisan manner and only at the end was Obama able to cut a deal with the GOP on taxes.

China says it played a constructive role at the summit, but can only agree to a deal that treats developing nations fairly.

"The less big of a deal we make of it, the easier it is for them, " Mrs. Gustin said of her children.

No member of the party's left has that ability to bang out a deal across the aisle.

We have a deal with him in sugar.

The two clubs will play a friendly on Saturday and Juve officials will take advantage to thrash out a deal for the Portugal international.

As the English like to say to someone who has been on the wrong end of a deal: "They must have seen you coming. "

A week later Genel agreed an all-share merger with Heritage Oil, another operator in Iraqi Kurdistan, in a deal worth more than $5bn.

It might have tied up a deal on cotton, and left the Chinese and Indians isolated on safeguards.

I heard a rumor that you cut a deal with the US Government to put a back door in PGP in order to not be prosecuted for publishing PGP .

Under a deal with prosecutors , Christine Beatty will be sentenced to four months in jail and five years of probation.

Lyn signed a deal with United, while Mikel also concurred on a move to Old Trafford, before appearing to back out of the transfer.

Client: Great, it's a deal! Let's draw up the contract! Nice doing business with you!

Always nail down the specifics of a deal in advance -- even with your friends and relatives.

Owner John Henry dined with the player's agent earlier this week at a London restaurant to try and thrash out a deal.