61.   The company withdrew the offer after the Starr investigation became public.

62.   The companies almost immediately withdrew their merger notification filed with the European Commission, citing Justice Department opposition.

63.   The company later withdrew its lawsuit.

64.   The company then withdrew its suit seeking damages.

65.   The Justice Department sued late last month to block the merger, and the companies withdrew their application from the European Commission.

66.   The league charges that the companies withdrew from talks to license Sports Trax, then eluded the official licensing procedure to create a product without NBA sanction.

67.   The situation got so bad that insurance companies withdrew coverage for trucks traveling in the northern states of Uraba and Cesar.

68.   The U.S. Justice Department is investigating First Alliance, and the company has withdrawn from an industry trade association because of negative publicity.

69.   The two companies withdrew their merger proposal last month amid mounting regulatory scrutiny, but said they would continue talking.

70.   They represent a major shift in strategy as the company withdraws from its former core business of commodity chemicals, which are derived from oil.