Couric is said to be in talks to launch a syndicated talk show in 2012.
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Bear's rise in the morning was fueled by a new round of rumors that the New York City-based company might be in talks to sell a minority stake to another financial institution.
Aston is rumoured to be in talks with Daimler to take over design and production of the German firm's Maybach luxury cars, rivals to Rolls and Bentley in price, if not in style and sales.
However, behind the scenes the big labels are understood to be in talks with these pirates, to see if they can agree on a way to extract payments for songs.
In February CrowdStar was rumored to be in talks with Microsoft over an acquisition deal that has since reportedly fallen through.
It is expected to seek further foreign acquisitions and was this week reported to be in talks with the German Beck's brewery, with a view to extending its UK distribution deal to the rest of Europe.
United Breweries wants a partner that will not threaten Kingfisher in its domestic market and some say Interbrew, which is reported to be in talks with the Indian brewery at present, is the prime candidate.
He could not say who would be representing Eni in talks, but Chief Executive Paulo Scaroni reportedly said last week that he would be traveling to Kazakhstan for talks in September.
What they wanted to see, he says, was whether Iran was ready to seriously engage and, if that happened, there might be another round of talks in four to six weeks time.
This risk is expected to be discussed in talks that Jack Straw, Britain's foreign secretary, is due to have this weekend in Delhi and Islamabad, followed next week by Colin Powell, the American secretary of state.
In Saturday's statement, the rebels also reiterated their demand that rebel commander Simon Trinidad, who is serving a 60-year prison sentence in the United States, be allowed to take part in the talks.
The 72-year-old Reverend Ian Paisley, the leader of the one big political party to refuse to take part in peace talks, continues to hold many would-be moderates in check.
They also said they would send an EU envoy to be based in Skopje to help shore up the talks.
The LSE is also said to be in talks with Euronext, Europe's Nasdaq-equivalent electronic exchange.
It was also said to be in talks with Berkshire Hathaway 's Warren Buffett.
The group is currently in talks to be taken over by Dutch rival Accell.
Those issues may be addressed in upcoming talks, according to South Sudan's spokesman Atif Kiir.
Recent reports suggested the latter was in talks to be taken over by Facebook, although the news has not been confirmed.
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Administrator Mark Fry is now hoping to sell to another buyer and is understood to be in talks with a Swiss consortium.
In a combination that would joint two companies in the cable television infrastructure sector, SeaChange is reportedly in talks to be acquired by Arris Group.
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At this time, Nolan is reportedly in talks to be involved as producer, with Snyder as a producer and possible director, and it might involve a story by Goyer.
Meanwhile Linfield are also understood to be in talks with former Northern Ireland midfielder Philip Mulryne and ex-Cliftonville and Lisburn Distillery frontman John Martin while Northern Ireland Under-21 striker Paul Carvill is also a target.
Elsewhere, Neuberger Berman (nyse: NEU - news - people ) was up almost 2%, after saying Friday it was in talks to be bought by Lehman Brothers (nyse: LEH - news - people ).
Both men this week said they would be willing to demilitarise an area in the south to help talks begin, as demanded by the guerrillas.
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Observers will be watching to see if Tuesday's talks in Downing Street lead to further talks - possibility involving Bertie Ahern travelling to Belfast or Dublin.
However, Mr Robinson said their proposals had nothing to do with any pressure from British government and were not linked to talks between police and politicians to be held in Wales.
Earlier this year, Microsoft was rumored to be in acquisition talks with CrowdStar that ultimately broke down, say reports.
Doing so allows talks to be conducted in good faith which paves the way for the sharing of information, increased trust, and the potential for a far more lucrative deal.
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Mr Trimble has been compelled to stay at the table by the desire of ordinary unionists to be represented in talks, plus his own belated awareness of Mr Blair's commanding position.
There can be no genuine progress in resumed talks unless Mr Netanyahu resolves to set aside those constraints, relying, if need be, for parliamentary support on the Labour opposition.
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