11.   Last month, the company spun off to shareholders Sunburst Hospitality Corp., the unit that owned hotels.

12.   Sales will fall because the company spun off Selecta AG, its vending machine unit, earlier this year.

13.   Skaggs has also called on the company to spin off its drugstore operations.

14.   So, like a spacecraft jettisoning its booster rockets as it prepares to enter orbit, the company is spinning off those mature businesses.

15.   Some analysts expect Tele-Communications stock to decline in value partly because the company is spinning off assets.

16.   Sulzer Medica is the eighth new listing in Switzerland this year, an unusual number, as small companies have gone public and big companies have spun off units.

17.   The company spun off its lab and pharmaceutical services units in January.

18.   The company spun off its Lucent and NCR equipment-making businesses to concentrate on phone service.

19.   The company will spin off activities that cannot be market leaders or that do not cover their costs.

20.   The company will spin off its restaurant chains later this year.