41.   BAe and Lagardere said their new company will merge the existing missile operations of Matra Defense and British Aerospace Dynamics and will require regulatory approval.

42.   Because of the magnitude of the banking transaction and its implications regulatory approval will probably take even longer, analysts said.

43.   Because the proposed merger still requires regulatory approval, Killinger said the company could not divulge more details of the deal.

44.   Before seeking regulatory approval, drugs must complete three phases of testing in humans.

45.   Bell Atlantic Corp. is seeking New York regulatory approval to become the first regional Bell company to offer long-distance phone services.

46.   Bell Atlantic is awaiting regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of Nynex Corp., the New York-based local phone company.

47.   Bigger cable television companies would be freed from price restraints once a telephone company had won regulatory approval to offer video programming over its network.

48.   Biogen, based in Cambridge, Mass., said it would seek federal and European regulatory approval for beta interferon early next year.

49.   Biopure plans to begin marketing Oxyglobin in Europe later this year and to apply for regulatory approval next year to begin marketing Hemopure in the United States.

50.   Biotech companies term pipelines as the drugs they have in development and testing, before reaching the market after regulatory approval.