<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/bs_nm/verizon_union_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080803/2008_08_03t012713_450x341_us_verizon_union.jpg?x=1 30&y=98&q=85&sig=IFDBUxTU0viBXpV9ScBtiQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Traffic passes Verizon Communications Inc. headquarters in New York, February 14, 2005. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc and
two big unions kept talking after a labor contract covering
65,000 workers expired on Saturday and the unions said they
made progress toward a deal, averting a strike threat.</p><br clear="all"/>

View the entire article: Verizon labor talks continue, beyond deadline
(Reuters)