1.   Kodak is exploring either selling its copier unit or setting a joint venture or strategic alliance.

2.   The phone companies have invested in technologies and strategic alliances designed to enter the business.

3.   The two countries agreed to join together in a strategic alliance.

4.   For a company in such a strong position, a strategic alliance with a software giant or with another major player in the computer world makes good commercial sense.

5.   Such arrangements may range from full partnership down to strategic alliances designed for pooling resources and sharing expenses and generally spreading the risk between the member firms.

6.   Evidence of the European Commission experts that strategic alliance between cities are likely to form the basis of future business links.

7.   And any money raised from a stock offering, officials say, will be mostly used for acquisitions and other strategic alliances.

8.   An old-fashioned paper catalog, sized like a CD case, is also pending, and there has been interest from two retail giants to form a strategic alliance.

9.   Analysts and former Novell executives said they believed Schmidt could help Novell form strategic alliances with companies like Oracle, Netscape Communications, and of course, Sun.

10.   And he said he was planning to form strategic alliances.