Writers talks could resume next week
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Striking Hollywood writers could begin informal talks with studio chiefs as early as next week in an effort to end a two-month walkout that has hobbled the entertainment industry, according to a person familiar with the bargaining strategy of the writers union.
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On Day 1 of Hollywood  writers&#39; contract talks Monday, management detailed its  proposal for reworking residual arrangements to allow for  studio cost-recoupments, while the Writers Guild of America  stuck to its guns on pay boosts and other anticipated demands.
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Hollywood's striking writers have  made a key breakthrough in contract talks with film and  television studios, leading to what could be a deal between the  two parties by the end of next week, The New York Times  reported on Saturday.
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News events to watch for in the coming week.
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LOS ANGELES  - Hollywood's striking writers and the major studios enter this week sharing a single resolve: once more, with feeling.
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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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Striking Hollywood writers could be  back at work as early as Monday for the first time in three  months if they embrace terms of a tentative contract deal that  union leaders are expected to present them this weekend.
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Negotiators for Hollywood's actors and the industry plan to resume contract talks Wednesday, and sources are confident that a deal can be reached fairly quickly, perhaps within days.
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Striking Hollywood writers could be back at work as early as Monday for the first time in three months if they embrace terms of a tentative contract deal that union leaders are expected to present them this weekend.
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Hollywood writers finally returned to work on Wednesday with a brighter future in new media but facing uncertainty about whether their 14-week strike will cost them lucrative TV work.
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Intensive negotiations will resume this week over the British-Irish blueprint aimed at restoring devolution.
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Members of the writersâ guild are meeting in Los Angeles and New York on Saturday to discuss the settlement.
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Striking Hollywood writers will meet face to face with studio executives this week for the first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7, the two sides said on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Directors Guild of America has begun casual contract talks with the studios, and an announcement of formal negotiations appears likely within the coming week, a step that ensures the writers strike will persist for some time.
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As the ink dried on a tentative  deal between directors and studios, the big question swirling  around Hollywood on Thursday was whether it would bring  striking writers back to the negotiating table.
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Negotiators for the United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp  were scheduled to resume discussions later on Tuesday as GM factory employees went to work as usual on the fourth day without a new contact.
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The Yankees and Diamondbacks, as expected, resumed trade talks on Monday, spoke throughout the day Tuesday and Wednesday and are closing in on an agreement.