The agreements may signal a new stage of activity in recently quiet federal investigations.

An agreement to burn the trash signaled an end to the Mobro's 112-day voyage.

The agreement signals the club is looking to develop the stadium.

The agreement signaled the start of its fixed-wing operation.

The agreement may have signaled something more: a general South African decision to live at peace with its black-ruled neighbors.

For France the agreement signals a new willingness to exploit its culture for political and economic ends.

But even this agreement did not signal the end of conflict.

In a very real sense, Thursday's agreement signaled only the end of the present crisis.

The agreement could signal a major change in the way Russian oil companies operate.

The agreement signals the end of South Korea's second-largest conglomerate.