1.   Both are targeting business customers, especially those with the need to connect dozens or even scores of workers in the field.

2.   AIG keeps its earnings growing in large measure by targeting life insurance customers in emerging nations with growing middle classes.

3.   BT already has a joint venture with Viag that targets business customers.

4.   BT and Viag formed Interkom in January to target business customers.

5.   Businesses rely on it to target customers and help decide where to locate everything from restaurants to medical centers.

6.   But Catlett worries that cell phone companies could sell the information to Web operators, who hope to target customers with ads for nearby stores.

7.   But the aggressive stance of regulators alarms lenders, especially those like Providian, which target customers with troubled credit records.

8.   Companies assert that their efforts at targeting high-end customers do not entail dropping or reducing service to low-end customers.

9.   Experienced retailers like Nordstrom Inc. know how to target their customers.

10.   For the last three years, Glendale Federal Bank has been targeting disgruntled customers of Wells Fargo and Bank of America with its irreverent ads and stepped-up promotions.