21.   It released the information after several days of reports about the contents of the study, which it plans to complete by October.

22.   London-based Tomkins, maker of goods ranging from bread to handguns, first announced the purchase in January, expecting to complete it by spring.

23.   Lucent has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on the sale, which it hopes to complete by January.

24.   Morgan Stanley, whose merchant banking group backed the venture, will turn over control to bondholders under a reorganization plan it hopes to complete by September.

25.   Most expect to have all the work complete by this summer, and the latest of the expected readiness dates is the middle of the third quarter.

26.   Morgan Stanley, which backed the venture through its merchant banking group, will turn over control to bondholders under a reorganization plan it hopes to complete by September.

27.   Originally, they had hoped to complete it by November.

28.   Pricing of the offering was not disclosed but News Corp. plans to complete it by the end of the year.

29.   Regulators must approve the purchase, which Boeing hopes to complete by June.

30.   Review of the fourth and final division, paper and forest resources, should be completed by mid-February, Weidman said.