31.   There was no immediate word from United officials.

32.   United Airlines officials were not immediately available for comment Thursday.

33.   United Auto Workers officials in Mount Holly, N.C., and Detroit did not return phone calls Friday.

34.   United officials were meeting at Old Trafford to consider the offer and were expected to announce a decision later Monday.

35.   United Technologies officials held informal meetings Thursday about the possibility of making a bid for Honeywell, The New York Times reported Friday, citing unidentified sources.

36.   United Transportation Union officials did not immediately return messages.

37.   United Auto Workers officials said Monday that the settlement includes a written commitment from Chrysler to build a new generation of truck transmissions at the plant.

38.   United officials in Chicago had no immediate information about the situation.

39.   United officials were in Washington Monday to present their case separately to the National Mediation Board.

40.   United Transportation Union officials left during morning talks to investigate the injury of a picketing bus driver hit by a car at MTA headquarters.