1.   Apple has retained the investment bank Morgan Stanley to represent it in the talks with Sun and to gauge the interest of other potential merger partners.

2.   At least several days later, Cheney telephoned Rumsfeld specifically to gauge his interest in coming back for a second tour of duty at the Pentagon.

3.   Baseball also wanted to gauge the interest of Fox and CBS.

4.   Bankers said they had approached investors to gauge interest in the market this week.

5.   All of the talks so far have been preliminary discussions, the executives said, and are an effort to gauge the interest of the leveraged-buyout firms.

6.   But a flotation of the company should gauge foreign interest in the cash-strapped sector.

7.   But one day, Hamilton approached him and gauged his interest in picking up the sport.

8.   By showing your product around, you can gauge market interest and get advice from the industry about your invention.

9.   Chapman hoped to gauge interest for the community project.

10.   DeBriyn retired after the season, and Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles is expected to contact Van Horn to gauge his interest.