We are in advanced stages of finalizing that contract.

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Harland and Wolff management are currently in advanced negotiations with a Norwegian firm over a contract to build four passenger vessels.

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If it chooses the latter course of action, AOL Time Warner must have entered into at least one such contract at the time it enters the advanced IM business, followed by two more contracts with rivals 180 days later.

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"We have put in place rigorous processes to ensure any contract for Hinkley Point C, the most advanced nuclear project, represents the best possible deal for consumers, " Mr Davey said.

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Trip Hawkins, who is the original founder of EA and was the man behind the concept of the game (he convinced John Madden to come on board), has said that Antonick was not the person driving the game and that EA dropped him as a contract worker when the industry upgraded to 16-Bit consoles because the job required the skills of more advanced programmers.

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