41.   One health care executive Tuesday predicted Healthsource would have to increase its offer before the attorney general okays the deal.

42.   Privately, CNN executives are no longer predicting a rapid return to the top.

43.   Revenues were well above estimates as well, and Sun executives predicted more strong growth for this quarter.

44.   Similarly, airline executives predicted that carriers would eventually auction off seats, for deeply discounted prices, that have not been sold close to their departure date.

45.   Some airline executives predicted a decline in air travel that would cause them to ground jets and lay off workers.

46.   Since that day, Boeing executives have predicted gloomily that Airbus would be rewarded when Chirac came to China.

47.   Some analysts and communications executives have been predicting a wave of consolidation among the competitive carriers since last fall.

48.   Speaking at different forums during the first day of the conference, executives predicted where the Web -- the global network of computer networks -- is headed.

49.   Some industry executives predict that small, undercapitalized lines, which usually have old ships, may have to consolidate with bigger lines in order to survive.

50.   Some sports executives predict that at least a half-dozen teams would become insolvent if Kirch stopped making payments.