31.   Although there are periodic rumors that Porsche could be acquired by a larger company, the German car maker is not presently owned by anybody else.

32.   Among larger companies, he owns Pfizer, Pharmacia and American Home Products.

33.   Analysts say there will be a lot of pressure on the Crestar Financial Corp. to sell to a larger company, given the new size of its competitors.

34.   And because the press pays more attention to larger companies, small-cap investors often must use special publications.

35.   Analysts note that while larger companies cut jobs, many smaller ones will continue to add them.

36.   Analysts said they expect Endovascular Technologies to get bought by a larger company once its devices get a bit further along in the approval process.

37.   Analysts said Miller appeared to have bought larger towing companies.

38.   Analysts said these regions, shunned by larger companies as too risky, can offer problems as well as high returns.

39.   And larger companies prefer buying from Bay because it supplies a full range of networking products, including high-end devices, unlike Intel.

40.   And the larger companies are using the money they have raised to pay down debt and to buy other, healthy companies that fit in with their strategies.