1. As Oliver Wright has remarked, "to be the president of a trade union is to gain an apprenticeship in negotiating, to develop an instinct for when to hang tough and when to cut a deal." BNC
2. Richard Armstrong has left to become Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, and Richard Marshall has cut a deal that allows him to remain only until he finds another job. BNC
3. Unix distributor, Irvine, California-based UniDirect Inc, has reportedly cut a deal that will have Dell Computer Corp passing on all calls for application software certified on its machines to UniDirect as leads or orders. BNC