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Our experience is that it is not terribly difficult to do business in China. But the issue is, how much stability do you have in terms of what you negotiate up front and when you've got your feet and your investments on the ground.

We are trying to see how we can help to scale down the violence, and the situation of tension, and therefore to return to what is a dream of everybody, to try to negotiate a permanent peace.

Unions don't give in easily. It's going to be ugly, and Parker can't do much about it but negotiate with the winner.

Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law.

Nobody wants to pay royalties. They (the companies that have complained) have tried to go through several different avenues to get the courts to help them out when they couldn't negotiate lower royalty payments. This is just the latest salvo.

Nothing intimidated him. He had the ability to negotiate very well. He knew what he was talking about.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, will be obtained by violent means. It is a mistake to negotiate with the terrorists and we do not recommend it.

What we're trying to do now is get the parameters accepted in a way where the reservations are reconcilable and, therefore, we know that both sides are in a position to negotiate seriously.

We are a retailer, like Wal-Mart or the Gap, in that we actually sell the products ourselves, ... We have direct relationships with the manufacturers and the advantage is that we negotiate the deepest discounts possible.

We have a window of opportunity to make this work in the state. I do not believe we can continue to negotiate exclusively with the county.