So Mr Knapp, always a fast mover, was able to crash into the talks and close a deal.
Discounting has its place, but only discount to close a deal.
It was the first time Jordan included himself as a carrot to close a team sponsorship deal.
It is rumored that Davis has put up a piece of his team for sale but that every time he gets close to a deal, he balks.
U.S. stock futures jumped as soon as it was apparent that lawmakers were close to securing a deal on Sunday evening.
The company is negotiating with unions to close two facilities in the U.K. by mid-year and recently struck a deal with unions to close an assembly plant in Genk, Belgium.
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ESPN.com first reported that a deal between the two sides was close.
In August, the group was tantalisingly close to a rescue deal via a recapitalisation.
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Still, administration officials see the trip as a chance not to close a deal, but to improve communication.
He met with financial and legal advisers who can help him quickly close a deal if he spies a bargain.
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The son of tycoon Li Ka-shing, Richard Li recently snatched HKT from the grasp of Singapore Telecom, a government-linked corporation, just as it was about to close a deal for a majority stake in Hong Kong's dominant telco.
Meanwhile, the United States is close to completing a bilateral trade deal with Chile.
At the time, Edra told The Wall Street Journal she expected the deal to close in about a week.
He had only slightly better luck in the States, signing a deal with Eos, a Paso Robles, Calif. winery close to bankruptcy.
Yates, who is out of contract at the end of the season, is close to agreeing a new deal at Vale Park.
Talks between Greece and its creditors stalled early last week, but by Friday they were reportedly close to a deal on writing down their debt.
"We are hopeful it will be done before the end of the transfer window but I wouldn't say it's anything close to a done deal, " he said.
France believes Tutsi rebels led by Mr Kagame were responsible for killing Mr Habyarimana because, they say, he was close to signing a peace deal with the rebels.
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Multiple reports from the negotiating table say that after three weeks of public and media scrutiny of the performance of its replacement officials, the NFL is close to a deal to bring the regulars back.
Moffett says his base case scenario assumes a 65% probability the deal close.
Salesmen knew that deep discounts could cement relationships with big customers or close a deal before the crucial end of the quarter.
On Wednesday, GM announced that its year-long effort to close a deal with Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. was dead, and it would begin to wind down Hummer operations.
Just last month the company bid to increase its stake in deep water through the purchase of several fields from a BP (BP) eager to shed assets, a deal that Stone hopes will close next month.
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It's difficult because we're a very close unit and I've got a great deal of admiration for this group of players.
Then too, Turkey's rise in prominence in the US in the 1990s owed a great deal to its close strategic ties with Israel.
He said at least four parties had shown an interest in buying the company but that it only had about a week to strike a deal before it was forced to close.
Stern had never done a commercial real estate deal of anywhere close to that size.
Colchester are also close to completing a deal to sign Icelandic international forward Mathias Vilhjalmsson.
Some diplomatic sources in Brussels say a deal was close last year and could have been achieved.
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