111.   The decision gives the upper hand to the regional Bells in how fast and at what price the long-distance companies can enter the local phone market.

112.   The company entered into contracts that would yield profits, if at all, only over a number of years.

113.   The decision gives the upper hand to the regional Bells in how fast, and at what price, the long-distance companies can enter the local phone market.

114.   The company has previously entered less sweeping collaborations with Houghten Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Genta Inc., both San Diego-based biotechnology companies.

115.   The decree will allow Venezuelan private companies to enter the domestic gasoline market.

116.   The company recently entered the Canadian and Japanese markets and has its sights on the British market.

117.   The German company entered into, and then abruptly broke off, merger talks with Qwest earlier this year.

118.   The French construction company Bouygues has entered the struggle for control of the loss-making construction company Huarte SA, the daily newspaper La Gaceta de Negocios reported.

119.   The new U.S. law also lets the Bells into the cable TV business and lets cable companies enter the local phone business.

120.   The quarterly loss violates credit agreements the company entered into with lenders, officials said.