31.   McNeil spokesman Ron Schmid said the company withdrew two promotional items sent to doctors and pharmacists that caused the FDA objections.

32.   Ms. Caughman, the American Family Publishers chief executive, said the company voluntarily withdrew that mailing in February and stopped routing entries without orders to Georgia.

33.   Now, companies can withdraw merely by obtaining the approval of their independent directors.

34.   Other American companies have withdrawn from Myanmar.

35.   Periodically, Time Warner executives have talked with Turner about how the company might withdraw from Turner Broadcasting, but no deal has been reached.

36.   Separately, the two companies withdrew their merger application before the European Commission.

37.   She said the carnival will lose money because beer and liquor companies have withdrawn their sponsorships.

38.   Should the commission appear likely to rule against Boeing, the company could withdraw its notification to European authorities and wait for the FTC ruling.

39.   Should the commission appear likely to rule against Boeing, the U.S. company could withdraw its notification and wait for the FTC ruling to come through, Venit said.

40.   State companies have withdrawn tens of millions of dollars from accounts in the Karic Brothers Bank, according to Karic associates.