71.   Cable companies typically operate as monopolies within particular markets, rarely facing off as direct competitors, he said.

72.   China has agreed to permit foreign financial information companies to operate free of interference or censorship, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said.

73.   Campbell, the Pacific Lumber CEO, says the company is operating at a sustained yield, meaning it is growing timber at the pace equal to the cut.

74.   Canadian life insurance companies have traditionally operated with more investments in real estate and mortgages than their counterparts in the United States.

75.   Chairman Salina said the company operated under the assumption the dollar will remain weak this year.

76.   Companies can operate faster and better, Schouten added, and the software develops at the same pace as the business.

77.   Conservatives also see a threat from China because a Hong Kong-based company operates ports at both ends of the canal.

78.   Compaq was seen as a good fit for the hotline because the company was already operating a technology hotline for state workers.

79.   Currently, the company operates primarily in the Gulf of Mexico.

80.   Dan Callahan of National said that the car rental companies operate much as the airlines do and that generally, the earlier you reserved the better the rate.