31.   In January, her company will co-host a meeting to discuss everything from backup water supplies to alternative heat sources.

32.   In order to avoid raising antitrust concerns at the Justice Department, the new company will likely sell its stake in M-I, Lesar said.

33.   In the future, he said, health care companies will become more skilled at applying their knowledge about medical treatments to customers outside the HMOs.

34.   Investors welcomed the move as a sign paper companies will cut costs by consolidating production.

35.   It also says Ellison warned analysts that the company would no longer offer steep discounts late in the quarter, a policy that hurt fourth-quarter database sales.

36.   International Business Machines Corp. and Microsoft Corp. led the advance as investors bet that computer-industry companies will among those posting the strongest profits this quarter.

37.   Investors bet that computer-industry companies will among those posting the strongest profits this quarter.

38.   John Szabo, an analyst with CIBC World Markets Corp., said if WellPoint only focused its attention on California, the company would pigeon hole itself.

39.   Kelly repeated earlier claims that the company would likely face lay-offs as a result of permanent business loss from customers fed up with the strike-induced inconvenience.

40.   Kmart Corp. was the most heavily traded Michigan stock for the second day, following rumors that the company would file bankruptcy surfaced last week.