Like the bill that has been kicked around in Congress for more than a decade, and which met its demise in December 2010 when five Senate Democrats effectively killed it by voting against cloture on the debate, the Republican plan would give undocumented students a path to legal status in exchange for going to college or joining the military.

CNN: GOP version of Dream Act holds promise

Negotiations that three European states - France, Germany and Britain - hope will induce Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions in exchange for political, economic and technological concessions are going nowhere.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Broken treaty

In particular, the White House expects a deal on the minimum wage, with Republicans going along with a raise in exchange for Democratic support for some small-business tax breaks.

CNN: Big issues await Congress as budget deadline, campaign loom

Clearly, nobody is going to get jazzed into relinquishing loopholes in exchange for a shaving of the corporate tax rate and a skyward march in income-tax rates.

FORBES: Tim Geithner Meekly Phones In Tax Reform

In exchange for a view of Sandusky Bay on Lake Erie, residents were going to get contaminated acreage inland that looked out on a T.

FORBES: Leslie Knope, Call Your Office

"We are not going to discuss the details, releasing or not releasing of criminals in exchange for the hostages, " said Humayun Hamidzada, spokesman for President Hamid Karzai.

NPR: Afghan Kidnappers Kill Another S. Korean Hostage

With Republicans in control of the House, conservatives must develop a list of workable reforms to Obamacare that they can pursue in exchange for deals with the Democrats on debt ceiling hikes and the litany of thorny budget deals going forward.

FORBES: Obamacare Starts In 2013, As Should Plans To Reform It

Zynga, like a lot of other Silicon Valley startups going through hiring sprees, enticed new employees with reams of valuable stock options in exchange for grueling hours.

FORBES: Zynga Loses CTO of Infrastructure as Executive Exodus Continues

For a sense of what was going on at the New York Stock Exchange, I checked in throughout the day with trader Ted Wessberg.

NPR: Floor Trader Describes Wall Street Gyrations

Indian defense officials said the small arms firing had been going on for about six hours in the Akhnoor sector, but stressed that it was an exchange that was not uncommon along the tense control line.

CNN: No end in sight to Kashmir fighting