51.   Fees to private patients would skyrocket, driving premiums up and private insurers out of business through no fault of their own.

52.   Firms that clear all their business through J.B. Oxford include Biltmore Securities and Monroe Parker Securities Inc., according to the National Securities Clearing Corp.

53.   Fleet has aggressively built its banking business through acquisitions of regional banks like NatWest Bancorp, Bank of New England and the Shawmut National Corp.

54.   Gateway sells its personal computers directly to consumers and businesses through phone and mail-order.

55.   GiroBank has an agreement with Post Danmark that allows customers to conduct banking business through the offices.

56.   Garroway said she succeeded in business through a combination of toughness and sweets.

57.   Girobank has an agreement with the Danish post office that allows customers to conduct banking business through its branches.

58.   He bought bottles of hair highlighter for his business through an infomercial operator, convinced that Western sprays were better than domestic ones.

59.   He drives a limousine, does some consulting work, and is preparing to launch his own home-based business through the Internet.

60.   Hanson has gradually been reducing the scope of its businesses through spinoffs and divestitures, while investing more heavily in its four core businesses.