21.   As an independent company, PowerBar has had difficulty getting distribution in chain stores, Maxwell said.

22.   As an independent company, McCaw never made a dime.

23.   At that time, the chairman and chief executive of Falcon, Marc Nathanson, said he was considering taking Falcon public or remaining an independent company.

24.   At the moment, subscription channels may show such events along with terrestrial TV companies, including the British Broadcasting Corp. and independent TV companies.

25.   Bandai usually conceives of the toys to be made from the character but contracts out design to an independent company.

26.   Because natural gas prices rose much of last year, the independent companies were the darlings of energy investors.

27.   Banyan survives as an independent company with good prospects for future growth.

28.   Both MDS and Allegiance will continue their other businesses as independent companies.

29.   Both were published by VSP Books, a small independent company in Alexandria, Va.

30.   -- Nova Corp., after it said it will split into two independent publicly traded companies to boost its stock price.