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NHL labor talks wrap up with still no progress
Two days of talks between the NHL, the players' association, and federal mediators still haven't provided any answers how to end the lockout.
NHL, union to return to bargaining, with mediators
NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season.
Lufthansa attendants accept pay settelement
A union representing flight attendants at Lufthansa says its members have voted to accept a pay deal with the airline — averting the possibility of ...
NHL cancels games through Dec. 30
The NHL eliminated 16 more days from the regular-season schedule Monday, and if a deal with the players' association isn't reached soon the whole ...
NHL, union could resume labor talks this week
The NHL and the locked-out players' association are talking again, and a return to the bargaining table could happen soon. After a few days to cool ...
Optimism turns to despair as NHL talks break off
Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away ...
NHL rejects players' offer to break labor impasse
Instead of closing in on a deal, the NHL and the players' association are further apart than ever before. Union executive director Donald Fehr began ...
Cyprus bailout talks make 'good progress'
Cyprus' potential international creditors said Friday they have made "good progress" in negotiations on a possible bailout for the crisis-hit country.
No, thanks: NHL lockout talks break off again
Jaymes Hall had a question for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman about the lockout, which already has wiped out more than a quarter of the regular season: ...
NHL lockout talks break off again with frustration
NHL labor talks broke off soon after they resumed Wednesday, with players maintaining their new proposal was a huge economic concession and ...
Airline SAS hangs in balance despite union deals
The future of Scandinavia's flagship airline SAS hangs in the balance even though it concluded deals Monday with the vast majority of its pilot and ...
NHL labor talks set to resume Monday
So much for a two-week break. Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' association will return ...
Conversations restart; NHL negotiations on hold
The conversations have restarted in the ongoing NHL labor fight. The negotiations have not. One step at a time in the roller-coaster ride that holds ...
NHL, union might try not talking in search of deal
If the NHL and the players' association have run out of things to talk about, how can they ever find a way to make a deal to save the hockey season? ...
NHL suggests 2-week break from negotiations
Negotiations had already hit a wall in the ongoing hockey labor fight, and now the NHL has suggested the sides take an official two-week break before ...
NHLPA leader: Deal can be quick after breakthrough
A new NHL labor deal might not be as far off as it seems. Steve Fehr, special counsel to the NHL Players' Association, believes the collective ...
NHL, union meet for small, informal lunch
NHL labor talks took a break Saturday — an old-fashioned lunch break. Instead of returning to the negotiating table for a fifth straight day, ...
NHL, union to meet Friday for 4th straight day
The best that can be said about the ongoing NHL labor negotiations is that they are still going, and will continue for at least a fourth straight day.
NHL, union back at bargaining table for new talks
Negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players' association lasted deep into Tuesday night, and went well enough that the sides agreed to ...
NHL on ice: All games canceled through November
It will be December before the NHL returns to the ice, and that is a best-case scenario. With no deal in place, and no plans to resume negotiations ...
Bettman says full NHL season unrealistic
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman still hasn't heard what he wants from the players' association, so he won't return to the bargaining table and he won't ...
Bailout, layoffs: New pain ahead for EU carmakers
The extent of the European car industry's troubles was laid bare Wednesday, when France's government tossed a financial lifeline to the continent's No