The international (union) contacted us early this morning and advised us they had a tentative agreement to put us all in the Jobs Bank.

From our perspective, there is nothing in the sales agreement and closing documents that obligated us to stay with Best Western.

This is a good sign for us. We're looking to broker an agreement about the size of the interchange, while allowing the (state) Department of Transportation to proceed with the project.

The joint development and cross-licensing agreement ... let's us avoid quibbling about technical details and move forward quickly.

This agreement enables us to increase our global competitive advantage in IP communications and further strengthen our position in the Asia Pacific region.

They offered us a package that mirrored what we already had and a three-year contract agreement. It saved a lot of heartache.