31.   An Amazon.com executive said the perquisite was later restored.

32.   An American League executive said the Mets had talked to the Anaheim Angels about acquiring standout outfielder Jim Edmonds for Mets pitchers Bobby Jones and Bill Pulsipher.

33.   Amid the lavish presentations, several studio executives said costs need to be brought under control, a refrain that has been spoken but ignored by Hollywood for years.

34.   Amoco Corp. will allow others to win auctions for oil and gas projects in Latin America if the bidding get too expensive, an executive said.

35.   Altogether, Tyco executives said, it was a strategy that enabled them to continually grow the business.

36.   An Everest executive said it should have its first Lenexa subscribers by October and its first Kansas City customers by November.

37.   An executive said no decisions had yet been reached on job cuts.

38.   Among the films that unexpectedly emerged from the pack over the summer are three that, executives said, tapped into specific audiences.

39.   American corporate executives say the China market holds tremendous potential for the United States.

40.   American Eagle executives say they were selling several clothing styles before Abercrombie, and they deny that they copy the retail chain.