1.   Analysts were expecting costs to rise as UBS joined rivals in a bidding war for top talent.

2.   A top executive at one corporate identity and consulting company has left to join a rival.

3.   Hewlett-Packard is joining rivals Sun Microsystems Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. in offering turn-key solutions to businesses that want to use the global computer network.

4.   It joins rivals like Publishers Clearing House and Ziff-Davis.

5.   Last month, Unisource was dealt a blow when Telefonica de Espansa SA left the group to join a rival led by MCI and British Telecommunications Plc.

6.   News Corp. joins rivals such as the New York Times in publishing on the Internet.

7.   Now Canal Plus is back in the picture, having joined its rivals rather than fight them.

8.   Other senior executives joined rivals such as Merrill and UBS Securities Inc.

9.   Orr said Molins learned of the problems from a lower-level executive, Chris Krumm, who recently left the company to join a rival.

10.   Still others want to break free of the firm, joining a rival untainted by Enron.