31.   Its earnings growth has been hampered by slow sales and high costs, particularly in its business services division, which sells office supplies and personal computers to businesses.

32.   Jandric helped create the private client services division in April to go after that two-thirds, offering them loans, and trading and investment management services.

33.   Its communication services division will encompass all operations of the former venture and will be based in Hoofddorp, near Amsterdam, where the existing Uniworld now resides.

34.   Its communication services division will encompass all Uniworld operations and will be based in Hoofddorp, near Amsterdam, where Uniworld now resides.

35.   John Oliver, a spokesman for GE Capital, the financial services division of GE, would not comment on a possible sale of Employers Reinsurance.

36.   Likewise, WorldCom said Wednesday it would separate its consumers service division from its data, Internet and international businesses.

37.   Mabon decided two years ago to examine whether the company could solve the video-on-demand problem and created a video services division six months later.

38.   Michel Bon, the chairman of France Telecom, said the intent was to create a global services division in the company.

39.   Mills will report to John Wren, chairman and chief executive of the diversified services division.

40.   Once the merger is completed, MFS will have a telecommunications services division led by Royce Holland, currently president of MFS.