11.   At the same time, Ms. Suga said, it yielded additional reports of adverse drug interactions, which the company shared with the FDA.

12.   Be that as it may, the law says two companies can share an identical name if they are not competitors or in similar lines of work.

13.   Besides steel, both companies share activities in auto parts, metals trading, machinery and engineering.

14.   Both companies share the same executives.

15.   Both companies also share similar middle- and upper-class customers who are well-educated and family-oriented.

16.   Both companies share the same chairman and chief executive, Linda Wachner.

17.   A company can share personal information, such as marital status, with affiliates.

18.   Both companies also shared a strong background in creating software for linking PCs to diverse computer systems.

19.   Burd said he anticipated a friendly merger because the companies shared a similar outlook and some of the same directors.

20.   Buffet, for example, likes them so much he bought Executive Jet, a company that arranges for companies to share Gulfstream jets.