Sentence examples for setting up negotiations from inspiring English sources

Transatlantic Holdings and Validus Holdings said on Friday that they had signed a confidentiality agreement, setting up negotiations that could lead to a merger of the two reinsurance companies.

The Senate passed its version of a massive defense bill on Monday, setting up negotiations with the House but leaving the most controversial policy issues that lawmakers hoped to address unresolved.

Maybe this is because of the fact that SeeqPod enables visitors to play files directly, and because it has reportedly been slow in setting up negotiation talks with the labels.

This in turn requires: extension of the principles of Article 10 of the Code (Integration of Fisheries into Coastal Area Management), to cover river and lake basins; and setting up negotiation mechanisms to protect inland fisheries under multi-purpose use regimes.

The airline had set up negotiations in a hotel, and its representatives ran floor to floor comparing bids, said Jim Edgar, then the governor of Illinois.

Envoys from the US and UN have been sent in to help set up negotiations as aid agencies warned of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Talk of internal exile for Gaddafi may also be connected with attempts by the African Union to set up negotiations between the regime and the opposition.

Mr. Obama lost the initiative in Afghanistan by relying on Pakistan's ability to set up negotiations with the Taliban.

To some extent, this may come as a relief: after all, trying to set up negotiations was a waste of time and energy.

The retaliation provision is one of many in the Democrats' Paycheck Fairness Act, which would also require employers to report wage data broken down by gender to the federal government, set up negotiation skills training programs for women and girls, and help women sue for back pay once they realize they've been earning less than their male colleagues for the same work.

While it moves to downsize its operations, G.M. is setting up tough negotiations ahead with its bondholders and the U.A.W.