61.   Boots spokesman Francis Thomas said the company, whose core business is a chain of U.K. drugstores, was approached by Storehouse and other interested parties.

62.   A spokesman said the results stemmed from improved performance in core businesses including fresh vegetables, processed pineapple and bananas.

63.   A strong core business is needed to generate the cash to finance future development of advanced information networks.

64.   About half of the newly expected profit comes from gains in its core business.

65.   After all, VCs are straying from their core business of long-term company-building and into less familiar, more volatile territory.

66.   All five companies have decided to focus their energy on their core business.

67.   AGL has said it is refocusing the group on its core businesses of transportation, distribution and marketing of natural gas.

68.   All of these innovations at CryoLife are possible because of its successful core business of freezing and preserving tissue.

69.   Broadening the product line while remaining focused on its core business also helps explain why the company has met or exceeded earnings projections for more than a decade.

70.   Breu reiterated that Sandoz would concentrate on its core businesses.