1.   It denies that its proposed purchase of GiroBank necessarily postpones the conversion plans.

2.   But hospital and union officials said they would seek to defeat the conversion plan in the Legislature.

3.   First the sponsors of the conversion plan went broke, leaving the finances in a mess and renovations of apartments unfinished.

4.   For Memorial Sloane-Kettering, the prime mover behind the conversion plan, turning its units into condos is worthwhile.

5.   In a statement, the bank said the conversion plan was consistent with its strategy to provide capital for future growth and expansion.

6.   In February, Duke officials told the regulatory commission that the conversion plan might never happen.

7.   Officials in Aurora and Denver began to work together on a conversion plan for Lowry.

8.   Owners also approved a five-year agreement with ESPN Radio for exclusive national radio rights to games and a conversion plan with Turner Broadcasting.

9.   The FCC has yet to rule on conversion plans for low-power stations, Brooks said.

10.   The model for this new worker activism was established by IBM employees after the computer giant announced its pension conversion plan last May.