But American officials concede the long term agreement called SOFA, or Status of Forces Agreement, is now off the table.
"We hope that at some point we'll be able to reach a long-term agreement with him, but we're just not there right now, " Mara said.
Does the provider off er the flexibility of a short-term agreement?
FORBES: 50 Questions Every Cloud Computing Buyer Needs to Ask
And it could be worse for the Big Ten: Imagine if the two conferences hadn't backtracked on a planned long-term agreement to play nonconference games against one another.
In addition, the long-term agreement includes expansive rights to carry the Olympic Games as well as carriage of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic, The Comcast Network-Philadelphia and Comcast SportsNet New England.
ENGADGET: Verizon and NBCUniversal bring TV Everywhere to even more places
Panetta's comments followed Obama's call on Tuesday for a short-term agreement to avert sequestration, which was created by Congress in 2011 to be so draconian that lawmakers would strike a budget deal and avoid the cuts.
The move, disclosed in a footnote to the company's 1992 annual report, meant Enron could enter into a long-term agreement--say, to buy gas from a producer in South Texas--and assign a value immediately to the profitability of that deal.
We don't know what we're going to inherent from President Bush, but there is a big problem looming on the horizon that we had better pay attention to, and that is President Bush is intent upon negotiating a long-term agreement with Iraq which would have permanent bases, permanent troop presence.
The break-up consideration due to Deutsche Telekom under the terminated Stock Purchase Agreement also included significant Advanced Wireless Services ("AWS") spectrum and a long term agreement on Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems ("UMTS") roaming within the USA. T-Mobile USA incurred transaction-related costs in 2011 that primarily reflect incremental personnel costs as a result of the formerly proposed deal.
ENGADGET: T-Mobile lost more customers in Q4, will launch LTE in 2013 with AWS spectrum from AT&T
But I think it would be wrong to look at the agreement that the President laid down as either a long-term tax or a long-term budget agreement.
The U.S. is continuing to negotiate a long-term security agreement with the Afghans.
Under a long term supply agreement, Indonesia was committed to supply 10 million tons of liquefied national gas (LNG) to Japan this year.
Boehner says revenues are on the table as part of a long-term budget agreement, though higher tax rates for high-income households are not.
FORBES: Washington Starts To Dance Away From The Fiscal Cliff
He added it was "out of the question" to accept Mr Sharon's call for a "very long-term interim agreement" for the Palestinians as opposed to a permanent solution.
The legacy company that will decide who will occupy the Stadium hopes to identify a preferred tenant by December and have a long-term lease agreement signed by next March.
That kind of stability is a welcome relief (and a bit of leverage) for the TV Academy as it looks to lure the broadcast networks into signing another long-term licensing agreement.
The Mets, at the peak of their popularity in the mid-1980s, made the mistake of locking into a long-term cable agreement that cut them off from the escalating rights fees of the 1990s.
Time Warner Cable, the U.S.' second-largest operator, says it has no plans to switch to TV Guide Interactive from the Scientific-Atlanta and Pioneer guides it now uses even though its parent AOL is in the middle of a long-term license agreement with Gemstar.
He says it is a very positive thing financially for Nokia over the term of the agreement.
However, in the longer term, the agreement should increase transatlantic traffic and could cut fares by as much as 15%.
The balance of the licensing fees will be accounted for on a straight-line basis over the six-year term of the agreement.
FORBES: Nvidia Gets $1.5 Billion In Intel Cross-Licensing Deal, Settles Litigation
Mr Karzai has been reluctant to sign a long-term binding security agreement with the US amid fears it would undermine Afghan sovereignty.
But, short-term, her agreement to stand by a more ambitious version of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) could do the same job.
And so we set this committee up -- not this committee, we agreed on having a long-term, strategic agreement that went well beyond security.
During the term of the agreement, Peretti may not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Peretti Intellectual Property unless it has the approval of Tiffany.
FORBES: Tiffany and Elsa Peretti Extend Partnership For 20 Years
The financial structure of the agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by Apple and on-going royalties to be paid by Apple to Nokia for the term of the agreement.
ENGADGET: Apple and Nokia patent dispute ends with license agreement, Apple payments
The building owner will sign a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the electricity the solar array generates and will pay 5.5% interest on the loan Mosaic provides to install the panels.
FORBES: Startup Launches Online Platform To Let Individuals Invest In Solar Projects
During the 15-year term of the agreement, IMG Reliance, in cooperation with the AIFF, will radically restructure, overhaul, improve, popularize and promote the game of football throughout India, from the grassroots to the professional level.
So what we mean by that is we would not support a short-term extension absent an agreement to a larger deal.
应用推荐