1.   America Online Inc. shares slumped after the company unveiled a pricing plan that some analysts said may cut into future profits.

2.   And AOL members in California, Illinois and New York have filed suits over the perceived slowdown in service since it went to a flat-rate pricing plan.

3.   Analysts expect the companies to offer different pricing plans for iGuide.

4.   BellSouth has not announced its pricing plans, a company spokesman said.

5.   A spokesman for Unilever declined to comment on its pricing plans.

6.   Airlines officials declined to discuss their international pricing plans for this summer.

7.   Both Sun and IBM have already promised similarly flexible pricing plans.

8.   But pricing plans in the long-distance business have remained resolutely a la carte.

9.   But the paper never comments on its pricing plans, he said.

10.   Company executives acknowledged Thursday that the new plan, set to take effect next month, will be less profitable than the earlier, hourly pricing plan.