In Strike, Separate Deals Draw Ire of Big Producers
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A deal between United Artists and the Writers Guild of America West may have opened the door to a full-blown brawl.
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As screenwriters near the start of pivotal labor talks with film studios and TV networks next week, concerns about a possible strike are running high in Hollywood.
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An increasing number of television  viewers are producing their own shows, and the TV industry is  frantically trying to figure out how to combine broadcasts,  Internet movies and home videos into one package.
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Union leaders and city officials differed over the effectiveness of a strike by New York City taxi drivers.
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Both General Motors and the United Auto Workers want to be seen as driving hard bargains. But each may be driving itself out of business.
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Negotiators for a clerical union and some of the world's largest shipping lines and terminal operators were still far apart on a contract deal early Monday and facing the possibility of a strike that could cripple the nation's largest port complex.
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Business & money: Merger fever is sweeping the macho, cash-rich mining sector, but there are more than just egos involved
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As Hollywood's labor dispute continues and rancor between the two sides grows,  some are looking to the directors to shout, "Action"
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Viewers may want to brace themselves for a lot of jury-rigged entertainment if writers and producers do not come to an agreement on a new contract by the end of the month.
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The two companies do not operate in all the same markets, but Monday's warnings seemed to suggest that both were suffering from tougher competition in some areas.
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Finding it tough to make a buck, some companies eye the exits.
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After one of the most bitter takeovers in corporate history, the challenge is to stitch the two companies together.
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Perhaps it was inevitable that there would be a strike this year against one of the Big Three auto companies.
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It seems like the season of big contracts. Dell recently bagged a biggie from Philips and now IBM gains one from the Britainâs retail bank, Lloyds TSB.
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Hollywood writers and the studios they work for are trying again to make a deal that will end the nearly three-month strike crippling the entertainment industry.
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The musicians union Local 802 has amiably agreed to a three-year contract with Broadway producers, a contrast to the last round of negotiations that culminated in a strike and darkened Broadway for days.
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Striking Hollywood writers have opened preliminary contract talks with small, independent producers willing to break from major studios with whom the writers are deadlocked, their union leaders said on Wednesday.