31.   Few companies will talk about AIDS in their work force and some hide the problem even from their shareholders, so analyses of losses are relatively rare.

32.   For his part, McNealy has declined to confirm or deny that his company is talking to Apple at all.

33.   Fund companies talk about reaching young people but are actually much more interested in reaching those investors who are closer to a gold watch.

34.   He added that European aerospace companies are constantly talking to one another to better cooperate.

35.   He also says the company is talking with other unnamed fast food companies.

36.   He did not disclose which cable programmers the company is talking with.

37.   In addition, he said the company is talking with Cuban sugar producers about using their technology in making other uses of sugar cane other than producing sugar.

38.   Inco spokesman Jerry Rogers said the company also talked to the mediator today.

39.   Instead, the company is talking to corporations and government agencies, including the Boston Police Department.