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Hollywood studios, actors break off labor talks

Tue May 6, 2008 9:35pm EDT

LOS ANGELES, May 6 (Reuters) - The Screen Actors Guild and major Hollywood studios broke off three weeks of contract talks without agreement on Tuesday.

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News of the stalemate came in a statement from the studios' bargaining agent, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, about 90 minutes after a self-imposed deadline for reaching a settlement had passed. (Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Eric Beech)



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