Directors decide to back new deal
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The Directors Guild of America board  recommends its members approve a new contract deal.
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A House panel voted yesterday to roll back a contract imposed by the government on the nation's air traffic controllers and to send both sides back to the bargaining table, setting up a potential showdown with the Bush administration.
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Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, who sparked a no-confidence vote against Michael D. Eisner earlier this year, no longer plan to nominate an alternative slate of directors at The Walt Disney Co.
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday. The agreement puts pressure on striking writers to end their walkout that has lasted more than two months and idled work on dozens of TV shows.
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Tom Cruise's business partner says a new deal has been struck to secure the actor's place in the film business.
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The California Assembly approved an overdue state budget early Friday, but the squabbling isn't over yet. The deal would give tax credits to movie studios, tech firms and others, and the Senate's leader hates it.
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The Hollywood directors' union  reached a contract deal with major film and television studios  on Thursday -- a move likely to turn up pressure to settle a  10-week-old strike by screenwriters.
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Union leaders for Hollywood  screenwriters have reached a tentative deal with film studios  and TV networks on a three-year contract worth $58 million in  raises and health benefits, both sides said on Wednesday.
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The commission will vote Wednesday on a proposal that could allow the ballots distributed by companies to include competing candidates for director.
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The boards of directors of Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. were expected to vote on a combination provided their pilot unions can reach their own deal
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One of Canada's largest pension funds  said on Tuesday it will vote in favor of the proposed merger of  Canada's Molson Inc. MOLa.TO  and Adolph Coors Co. RKY.N of  the United States, making it the first major shareholder to  publicly back the deal between the two brewers.
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Supporters see federal move granting greater flexibility. Critics predict more logging.
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Democratic and Republican opponents of President Bush's troop-buildup plan joined forces last night behind the nonbinding resolution with the broadest bipartisan backing: a Republican measure from Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia.
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LOS ANGELES  - Contract negotiations between Hollywood's directors and studios represent the industry's best shot at getting back to business as usual, even as the writers strike enters its 11th week Monday.
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The boardâs support for a deal would leave a final decision to be made by Dow Jonesâ fractious controlling family, the Bancrofts, which could still seek to scuttle the sale.
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Deal moves closer to completion, but is still subject to shareholder approval.
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The deal contains provisions that will allow it to be superseded by any agreement ultimately reached with the major companies through their bargaining group, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.