Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, anticipating deep financial cuts from Albany, plans to cut the number of city teachers by 6,700 to help close a projected $5 billion deficit under his latest budget proposal, people briefed on the plan said.
Interestingly, other fund mangers at Fidelity that own other Six Flags bonds across the company's capital structure are in agreement with the out-of-court proposal, say executives briefed on the talks who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks were meant to be private.
No one at BP, the Justice Department or the states involved has commented on any settlement proposal, but several lawyers briefed on the negotiations said that a $16 billion proposal had been made.
To generate momentum, the mayor's allies have called on public and private unions to issue endorsements for Mr. Bloomberg's term limits proposal, according to people briefed on the matter.
Saville put an end to specific design goals in aircraft requests for proposal (RFPs); instead, he briefed potential designers on general requirements and discussed with them the defense problems the aircraft was to solve.
The Blackstone Group and the billionaire Carl C. Icahn have sent preliminary deal proposals to Dell Inc., people briefed on the matter said on Saturday, signaling that a potential three-way race for control of the computer company is underway.
While the proposal is meant to gauge the overall state of the worldwide network, some officials of Internet companies who have been briefed on the proposal say they worry that such a system could be used to cross the indistinct border between broad monitoring and wiretap.
The West Australian government was briefed on the proposal when the cabinet visited Esperance in June.
But one executive, briefed on the proposal, warned that it could create as many problems as it solved.
Over the next several months, however, Mr. Riggio struggled with whether to follow through on his proposal, according to a person briefed on the matter.
