Liberty Media, a potential strategic partner, said on Friday that it had ended talks with NTL.
Corning Inc. and Nortel Networks yesterday ended talks that would have combined their fiber optic operations.
Earlier, United Technologies said it had ended talks to acquire Honeywell in a deal estimated to be worth $40.3 billion.
The two sides ended talks at 8 45 p.m. Saturday (10 45 p.m. Eastern time) and are to resume Sunday.
The company said the Department for Transport had ended talks over awarding the contract directly to Stagecoach.
Coca-Cola, which ended talks to buy Quaker Oats, rose $4.38, to $59.63, and was the biggest positive factor.
While Prokhorov said he had ended talks, it was unclear if Anthony would have agreed to an extension with the Nets.
The North ended talks with the South after the South's president visited Washington in March.In this section Substance or just style?
IG Bau, Germany's 950,000-strong construction union, is seeking a 4.5% pay increase, and has ended talks with employers without success.
The company, based here, also ended talks with Procter & Gamble for a contract to manage computers and back-office operations, a spokesman, Jeff Baum, said.
HMS Partners in Columbus, Ohio, and Fahlgren in Dublin, Ohio, have ended talks to merge Fahlgren with the HMS lead agency, HMS Hallmark, in Columbus.
