11.   Korn said NBC had negotiated intensely with Group W for a similar wide-ranging alliance.

12.   Microsoft earlier this year established a similar alliance with the NBC television network.

13.   RWE last month denied reports that it and Viag had reached agreement on a similar alliance, saying it would have nothing to say for at least a week.

14.   Sanford predicted similar alliances this summer.

15.   Similar alliances have been announced in the aerospace, energy, retail, chemical, petroleum and banking industries.

16.   The announcement follows a similar alliance formed earlier this month with ForSaleByOwner.com, which serves property owners looking to sell their homes themselves.

17.   The arrangement replaces a similar alliance that Boston-based Fidelity forged with Salomon Bros. two years ago.

18.   The next year, a similar alliance stood in opposition to the GATT.

19.   The new credit card company plans to expand rapidly by forging similar alliances with other banks.

20.   The service is being offered through CNN Mobile, a CNN unit that has formed similar alliances with other mobile telephone operators internationally.