Those talks collapsed when the two companies could not agree on terms.

They would not agree to this, as the talks collapsed.

The talks collapsed again July 16 later over the union shop issue.

Although an agreement seemed close in October, talks collapsed once again.

But after a week, the talks collapsed and each side continued to promote its own plan.

The talks are tentative and could collapse, these people said.

They then tried to move to Louisville, but talks collapsed.

Analysts said that the deal had been expected since early 1998, when the earlier talks between the companies collapsed.

The talks collapsed on Tuesday but are likely to continue over the weekend.

The talks collapsed despite a last minute intervention by the Government.