61.   Executives at Seagram declined to comment, and Du Pont executives could not be reached for comment late Tuesday.

62.   Executives at Tadpole declined repeated requests to be interviewed for this article.

63.   Executives declined to hazard a guess at what the full year might look like.

64.   Executives declined to name the candidates.

65.   Executives declined to revise that forecast today, saying details still have to be worked out.

66.   Executives at McCann declined to comment, as did executives at Ammirati Puris.

67.   Fenchurch executives declined comment for this story.

68.   Executives from RWE declined to comment.

69.   Executives of Block declined to estimate by how much profits from its tax operations might be reduced by the federal move.

70.   Ford executives declined to estimate the cost of these changes.