41.   On Thursday, Cablevision Systems made an investment in and announced an alliance with Home.

42.   One day after Netscape announced an alliance with America Online, Microsoft announced one of its own, even more far reaching.

43.   Rolls-Royce Plc and General Electric Co. of the U.S. plan this afternoon to announce an alliance to build military jet engines.

44.   Similar alliances have been announced in the aerospace, energy, retail, chemical, petroleum and banking industries.

45.   Sprint Corp., in a push for consumer convenience, on Wednesday announced an alliance with Radio Shack to offer communications services to consumers.

46.   Stone said he expects to see Vertex announce other alliances later this year for other products.

47.   Sun and Apple Computer Inc. today announced an alliance to improve how their products work together and with the Internet.

48.   That someday looks like today, as more and more partnerships and alliances are announced in an increasingly consolidated marketplace.

49.   That alliance was announced last month.

50.   The alliance was announced Wednesday.