21.   A plus for visitors this year is the number of Boston hotels offering packages that include tickets to the show.

22.   A weekend shopping package is being offered by the New York Palace.

23.   According to rival bankers, Montgomery is offering compensation packages to Wall Street veterans such as Brille that are twice as lucrative as what they were getting.

24.   According to a source close to the Mets, the Angels were offered a package of players for Edmonds.

25.   All fired employees are expected to be offered severance packages, the company said.

26.   All five Bell Companies could quickly begin offering consumers packages of combined local and long-distance services.

27.   British Airways Holidays is also offering golf packages through October.

28.   But a similar explosion last year delayed the plans of several American media companies to offer a package of satellite television services in Asia.

29.   But few American visitors have accepted the invitation, according to both American Express and the French tourist office, which will continue to offer the package until March.

30.   But the New York Mets appear to be the front-runners to get Higginson, offering a package that could include outfielder Rickey Henderson and the left-hander Rich Rodriguez.