Google and the groups representing publishers and authors that had helped structure the settlement cautiously welcomed the Justice Department's filing for its clear indication that the government wanted to work with them to move the deal forward.
There are only two types of pitch statements: Those that move the deal forward and those that create objections.
If Congress rejects the deal with a veto-proof majority, Rabkin suggested that the administration could theoretically rely on the president's inherent authority as commander-in-chief and top diplomat to move the deal forward unilaterally.
If the companies decide to move forward, a deal could be announced by early June, said the executives, who described the odds of the deal happening at 50-50.
Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters on Monday there were still issues under discussion and that any announcement about a deal to move the bill forward "seemed somewhat premature".
Even though Americans from across the political spectrum understand that we desperately need a comprehensive budget deal that would include tax reform, entitlement reform and smart reinvestment in the drivers of our economic vitality, our representatives in Washington seem unwilling or unable to make the pragmatic compromises necessary to conclude such a deal and move the country forward.
A group of Newark business and civic leaders has been formed to help the YankeeNets and the City of Newark move forward on a deal for a proposed $355 million Newark arena.
The greatest focus was on energy development, not only the oil deal with Rosneft, which will sharply increase the amount of oil supplied to China by Russia, but also an agreement to move forward with a deal on natural gas, something the two countries have been struggling to negotiate for years.
LOS ANGELES — An investment group that includes the construction executive Ronald N. Tutor must make a nonrefundable $40 million payment toward the purchase of Miramax Films from the Walt Disney Company by Wednesday to move forward with a deal, according to people briefed on the sale.
As the two sides exchanged product and market ideas over time, both decided to move forward with a deal that's "simple and fair to everyone," Sanwal says.
