The deal does not appear to face any serious opposition and is expected to close late this year.

Eventually, officials said, a deal appeared to have been reached.

More important, the deal appears to have the Kremlin's approval.

The deal appears to be a marriage of two willing retailers.

But the deal appears to give a partial victory to both sides.

That deal appears to be on track toward completion before the end of the year.

I do not want to say too much because a great deal of data already appears in the report.

Still, the deal appears to have taken many in the industry by surprise.

However, as of April 2009, the deal appeared to have faltered.

On paper, the deal appears to be a steal for the Nets.