101.   Those companies now are preparing to sell power to retail customers, such as homes and stores, as deregulation further opens up the transmission grid.

102.   This should help utilities companies manage water supplies, and insurance companies prepare for future claims for weather damage.

103.   Trust Bank shares rose on a sign that some larger companies are preparing for the financial industry deregulation.

104.   Trust banks, however, surged on news that at least one company is preparing for the coming deregulation by expanding into new businesses.

105.   Van Gelder said his company had prepared for the possible failures of HomeRuns.com and other online grocers.

106.   Washington-based Boeing spokesman Tim Neale said the company is still preparing a response to the latest reports.

107.   With little tangible corporate news available as companies prepare to issue their quarterly reports, Wall Street analysts were able to sway the market on Thursday.

108.   Yizheng shares were suspended from trading today while the company prepared a statement.

109.   A Calgary company is preparing to drill exploratory oil wells in Niger and the Central African country is urging others to follow the lead of TG World Energy Inc.

110.   A U.S. engineering company was preparing to pull back vehicles and tents from the Croatian side of the embankment, AP photographer Zoran Bozicevic reported from Zupanja, Croatia.