91.   It appears that traders are betting that a deal will be announced sooner rather than later.

92.   It has announced deals with other companies that will market oils and minerals and that will let it have access to huge pools of tailings.

93.   It also was good news for the Islanders and their fans, who gave out a huge cheer when the deal was announced on the Coliseum scoreboard.

94.   Internet companies in particular are eager to provide business progress reports and to continue announcing deals.

95.   Investors, after a euphoric reaction when the deal was announced, have been pounding the shares of both banks, in part because of uncertainty over cost reductions.

96.   It also used the conference to announce two deals with other Internet companies.

97.   It will take some time to generate the synergies and cross-selling opportunities John Reed and Sandy Weill were talking about when they announced the deal.

98.   ITT continues to sell off finance operations, announcing one deal and saying it was near another.

99.   Kozmo executives stressed those points in announcing the deal this month.

100.   Jones announced the deal about the time that Sanders was leading off the Giants-Cubs game with a single.