31.   Club Mediterranee SA shares were suspended from trading after the French tour operator said its board will meet to consider decisions on strategy and provisions against earnings.

32.   Costa Crociere SpA shares halted a three-day rally and slumped after the Italian cruise ship operator said it is not in merger talks with an overseas rival.

33.   Despite the local nature of competition, satellite operators can leverage their national reach and size in ways local cable operators say they cannot.

34.   Despite these concerns, for-profit operators say they expect to do well in New York over time.

35.   Duty-free shop operators said they would continue to campaign against the decision, which they argue will cost jobs.

36.   Eight-liner operators say their machines are legal but admit that some people are pushing the limits of the law.

37.   Even in Greece, a tour operator said thousands of Americans had postponed visits in case the Kosovo conflict spills southward.

38.   Executive suites operators say that suburban addresses are as much in demand as downtown digs, especially for sales offices.

39.   Feeding them, excursion operators say, is no more dangerous than giving carrots to animals at a petting zoo.

40.   For all the congressional huffing and puffing, though, tour operators said the tightened restrictions are not likely to change things much, if at all.