In April, the two companies announced a basic agreement on a joint venture aimed at making their shipbuilding operations profitable again, cutting costs and fending off growing competition from South Korea and China.
Mr. Samaras said that Thursday had been one of his happiest days since taking office, as his government reached a basic agreement on the austerity measures.
Senator John B. Breaux of Louisiana, a moderate Democrat, said, "There's basic agreement on the core principles of the welfare bill, but I am becoming very concerned that these ancillary issues could prevent the bill from passing in the Senate".
ATHENS — After weeks of wrangling, Greece's coalition government said it had reached a basic agreement on Thursday over highly unpopular new austerity measures that could set off a new round of social unrest.
One of the ways in which opinion leaders rally opinion and smooth out differences among those who are in basic agreement on a subject is by inventing symbols or coining slogans: in the words of U.S. Pres.
Mr. Salih says there is basic agreement on returning to that language, but conceded that Sunni participants in Wednesday's meeting might insist on a deal that includes changes to the Iraqi Constitution to safeguard their interests in the distribution of revenues.
I would like to thank David Cameron for the very positive, constructive and workman like way in which we have been able to reach a basic agreement on how we can come together in this new coalition government over the last few days.
For one, the YankeeNets' chief negotiator, Len Coleman, left town this morning to attend this weekend's Kentucky Derby -- a trip that one official said would not have been likely had there not been basic agreement on the essentials of financing a Newark arena.
