The disruption depressed trading nationwide in bonds and grains, as banks and other dealers became reluctant to enter deals without being able to see where futures prices were headed on the board.

The principle, Mr. Kovacic points out, could dampen monopolists' enthusiasm to enter even noncoercive deals.

The painful fact is that "Somaliland" cannot enter deals with the outside world because, as far as international community is concerned, they don't exist.

Many of today's independent entrepreneurs are entering deals with major labels more cautiously.

The agreement determines how major league clubs enter deals with sponsors and rights-holders and how the revenue is divided.

But Mr. Reidel conceded that efforts to discourage the Chinese from entering such deals "have some success sometimes, not always."

Instead, the company has entered several comparatively small deals, including one yesterday in which it announced a partnership with the British company AstraZeneca to develop two diabetes compounds.

Bartering their souls for power, Akuma enter Faustian deals with the Yama Kings and pursue only power.

The report shows that during the boom years of the Texas oil economy Mr. Wright was an active investor, regularly using borrowed funds to enter speculative deals with his friends.

The publishers should not enter exclusive deals with anyone as I think it would hurt them, especially with the unkown about ipad volume.