21.   At the same time, Edison says that Southern California Gas failed to put enough gas into storage last fall for residential and small business customers.

22.   Avis targets business rental car customers and focuses less on the leisure traveler.

23.   Barely one year old, ConnectSouth provided high-speed Internet access to business customers in small southern markets.

24.   Barrientos said he voted against the bill, however, because no residential or small business customer called on him for the right to shop for power.

25.   Because consumers, unlike business customers, do not sign long-term contracts, the consumer side of the industry can also be far more volatile.

26.   Bell Atlantic Corp. president Ivan Seidenberg urged federal and state regulators to deregulate telecommunications services, such as high-speed data transmission, for business customers.

27.   BellSouth is at loggerheads with MFS Communications, a leading provider of alternative phone service to business customers that is now branching into residential service.

28.   Bingham Farms, Michigan-based ALC provides long-distance services to small- and midsized business customers through its Allnet Communications Services Inc. unit.

29.   BellSouth announced on Thursday its long-awaited entry into the race to deliver high-speed lines to business customers.

30.   Boeing spokeswoman Cindy Glickert said DigitalXpress aims to be an affordable alternative to conventional media, using off-the-shelf technology to send data and pictures direct to business customers.