may spend about $500m on a single transaction, page-2

Linc is seeking to reach an agreement on the sale within the “next few weeks,” he said.

Those that can recall that a certain coal sale back in '08 was going to finalised in the next "two weeks" then "two weeks" and so on.... we might have to wait for some time yet now that this latest ann. has mentioned the “next few weeks,” LOL

Who cares ...it will happen