31.   All hourly employees from the plant will be transferred to other facilities, the company said.

32.   All that has changed is the choice of technology, the company said.

33.   Britton said one company made the rounds of county fairs in the Central Valley this summer, getting people to sign such sweepstakes cards.

34.   BT, RWE and Viag will start by offering services over telephone lines, and later plan to offer satellite-based and mobile service, the companies said.

35.   Bunting said some companies specializing in decks and patios reseal Futura Stone for a fee, and some of those companies are more accomplished than others.

36.   But an executive close to the talks said the company and Morgado could sign a agreement within a few days.

37.   Business has been slow due to the failure of some dot-com customers, as well as others reducing their Internet spending, the company said.

38.   But analysts said the company, which has been trailing the drug industry in sales and earnings growth, lacked a big new product.

39.   But he said the company had the right to cut the hearing short and rely on the evidence already presented.

40.   But fiercer competition forced down margins on some of those projects, the company said.