Posts Tagged ‘deal’

Plea deal in lock-in-sock beatdown of songbird 

A Brooklyn bully admitted Friday to using a padlock stuffed inside a sock to pummel her talent show rival and was given a lenient plea deal — 10 days in jail, rather than as much as two years.

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Private investors near deal on Greek debt (AP)

Charles Dallara, left and Jean Lemiere from the Institute of International Finance leave Maximos Mansion after meeting Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos in Athens on Saturday Jan. 28 2012. Talks between Greece and private creditors on halving the country's privately held debt load have ended and a deal is very close, according to the creditors' representatives. (AP Photo)AP – Greece and its private investors are close to a deal that will significantly reduce the country’s debt and pave the way for it to receive a much-needed euro130 billion bailout.


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Private creditors: Deal with Greece close (AP)

AP – Officials say talks between Greece and private creditors on halving the country’s privately held debt load have ended and a deal is very close.

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Yanks deal for M’s Pineda, get Kuroda as well

So much for the Yankees’ quiet winter. With the team still needing pitching help, the Yankees Friday agreed to trade their top prospect, slugger Jesus Montero, to the Mariners as part of a multi-player deal that will land gifted starter Michael Pineda in the Bronx.

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Christine Quinn living-wage deal

After more than a year of heated debate, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is backing a compromise version of the controversial living-wage bill, sources said Friday. The bill to require higher wages would cover only employees working for developers who get city tax breaks and not the retail tenants at their projects.

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NKorea keeps door open for food-nuke deal with US (AP)

FILE - In this undated file image made from KRT video, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un rides a horse at an undisclosed place in North Korea, aired Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. North Korea said Wednesday Jan. 11, 2011 that before Kim Jong Il's death the United States offered to provide food aid if it halted its uranium enrichment program, and although Pyongyang blasted Washington for 'politicizing' food shipments, it appeared to leave the door open for a deal. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN, File) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUTAP – North Korea signaled Wednesday it remains open to suspending uranium enrichment in exchange for U.S. food aid, a deal that appeared imminent before leader Kim Jong Il died last month.


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Millions riding on transit deal

Just get it done.

With the contract between the transit workers union and the MTA about to expire, management and labor officials will try to hash out a new three-year deal this week.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has talked about budget gaps and a need to freeze wages for three years.

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