1.   After years of cobbling together dozens of banks through acquisitions, regional banks are creating single platforms that are more efficient.

2.   By giving the two managers authority, Prudential has reinforced the distinct identify of the unit and created a platform for rebuilding, the insiders said.

3.   In his patent, two steps on an escalator are designated to create the platform.

4.   It creates a platform for adding streaming audio recordings to the content users can hear at a site, so their phone feels more like an interactive radio.

5.   Integrion created a platform for banks to interact with customers for a range of retail services using the Internet, direct dial-up software or a telephone.

6.   The merger has the potential to create stores selling everything from food to toiletries to clothing, creating a platform to compete with Continental European megastores.

7.   The second is to create a platform that will pay dividends for the Democrats in the next elections.

8.   The two main parties, the PAN and the leftist Democratic Revolution Party managed to overcome their ideological differences and create a platform.

9.   They say that both Microsoft and AOL are creating proprietary platforms for new voice services that will limit competition and hurt consumers.

10.   Though largely agreeing with Gore, Bill Bradley has at least begun to create a platform that places school reform within the context of broader antipoverty policies.