31.   As part of that agreement, J. Ray McDermott is not liable for any share of the criminal fine, company spokesman Don Washington said.

32.   Asked about that, a company spokesman said Duramed hoped to renegotiate the loan agreement.

33.   Asked last week about the reason for the land buys, company spokesman Scott Fosgard at first demurred.

34.   At its Half Moon Bay headquarters, Chris Gallager, a company spokesman, said Thursday officers were served with a subpoena in January.

35.   As with Alcatel Alsthom, the company faces new realities in a changing market, the company spokesman said.

36.   Asked about the Alpha business, a company spokesman said only that the systems unit, which sells the machines, was making progress.

37.   At mention of the sign, Andy Luhn, a company spokesman, shrugs and mutters something about espionage.

38.   At the time, the company spokesman argued that the reference in the on-line biography was historically accurate.

39.   At retailer Dayton Hudson Corp., the UPS strike is having a limited impact on business, company spokesman Susan Eich said.

40.   Banorte named Othon Ruiz Montemayor, treasurer of Nuevo Leon state, as his replacement, according Ayax Carranza, a company spokesman.