1.   Bank Rate Monitor intends to launch a broader Web site in November that Plasencia hopes will become the America Online for the Spanish-language market.

2.   But a group of independent authors have announced plans for an awards show they hope will become the equivalent of the Oscars for the independent e-book industry.

3.   But the proposal, which the senators hope will become a bill next month, is one of many being considered in Congress.

4.   For no additional charge, they can make changes in their holdings as often as twice a day through what Wallman hopes will become an efficient internal trading system.

5.   Indeed, his appointment is being interpreted in some circles as a signal from Jackson to antitrust division lawyers not to let their remedy hopes become too optimistic.

6.   It has been four days since a living person was recovered from the wreckage of the building, and hope has become an act of determination.

7.   On Wednesday, that hope becomes reality in Augusta, Maine, where the new legislature elected last month will be sworn in.

8.   SQL Server is part of Microsoft BackOffice, software that Microsoft hopes will become the corporate standard for running and administrating large PC networks.

9.   Sun Microsystems has disclosed the first details of a new microprocessor design the company hopes could become a standard for computing in the post-PC era.

10.   The exercise last week was the first step in what Covington hopes will become a lifelong endeavor -- getting fit.