51.   One reason NTT agreed to the holding company structure is that it will allow the three companies to share one research and development facility.

52.   Other states, though, have stayed away from allowing private companies to share in Medicaid profits and losses.

53.   Phone companies share the responsibility for processing new orders, the Baby Bell says.

54.   Software companies are sharing booths.

55.   Such alliances allow media companies to share the risks in an era of changing and competing technologies.

56.   That does not mean the companies do not share general advantages.

57.   That technology allows companies to securely share information between a main corporate office and branch offices.

58.   Tenet employees, however, say the company is not sharing the wealth.

59.   The agreement is the first time the U.K. companies have shared broadcast rights for Hollywood movies.

60.   The companies also will share in the profits based on their split of the research costs.