31.   Before the government sold the company six years ago, it had a dismal reputation.

32.   Blass also confirmed that in recent months he has been trying to sell his company.

33.   Blass, who sold his company a year ago, has completely bowed out, although many of his society-lady clients did attend the tent show.

34.   Blue Cross officials insisted they have no intentions of selling the company and are committed to being a nonprofit insurer.

35.   -- Which government-owned companies will be sold to investors to raise badly needed dollars?

36.   A company official said it has now abandoned the plan to sell shares in CIT, and will sell that company outright.

37.   A series of trusts that control the ownership of the company prevented his three children from selling the company until his death, Ms. Brenner said.

38.   A spokesman for the power company said talks were futile since the union refused to back down from its opposition to plans to sell the company to private investors.

39.   A year later the closely held company was sold to Tyson Foods Inc. for an undisclosed price.

40.   About four years ago, First and Scott sold their company to Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. of Lakeville.