31.   In this newly favorable climate, a few companies are testing the market for public offerings.

32.   Instead, he feels that companies should quietly test market the first enhanced CDs.

33.   Meanwhile, biotech companies are testing molecules to keep the body from making IgE antibodies at all.

34.   Martha Hanlon, director of marketing for messaging services at MCI, said the companies will test the product with some customers in the third quarter.

35.   Meanwhile, other companies are testing similar products with the Postal Service but are awaiting approval to proceed with consumer testing.

36.   Meanwhile, the other instant messaging companies are testing a uniform data protocol that will allow all of their products to talk to each other.

37.   Nevertheless, having an animal model is a tremendous step forward, because it allows the companies to test compounds before beginning clinical trials using humans.

38.   Now the company is testing the power of buddyship even more.

39.   One company is testing an antibacterial antibody to prevent tooth decay.

40.   Other companies are testing inhaled medications that they hope will eliminate the need for daily doses of inhaled steroids.