41.   It will also dry up profit margins as banks cut fees to retain customers.

42.   Last year demonstrated how fiercely -- and adroitly -- the Japanese automakers will fight to retain American customers against tough odds.

43.   Meanwhile, the check cashing industry, which includes Western Union, is launching products like Benefits Quick Cash to try to retain customers after paper checks are eliminated.

44.   Online catalogs, electronic shopping and after-market support are pretty easy to put in place and seem to help attract and retain customers.

45.   Pittman expects a stable system to prevent embarrassing outages and retain customers, who in the past have complained about slow service.

46.   Salk said in addition to having efficient Web sites, these companies are going out of their way to retain customers.

47.   Seeking to retain its customers, who favor the individualized approach characteristic of community banks, Peoples Heritage will not consolidate its branches under one name.

48.   Still, efforts to retain customers are beginning to take hold.

49.   Still, the airlines feel they have little choice but to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on them to attract and retain customers like Fjalstad.

50.   That has forced Rogers and BCE Inc. to spend more to attract and retain wireless customers.