41.   It failed to make required debt payments last year, and the company closed its nine remaining stores in May.

42.   Jacob said construction would start when his company closed on the financing, which was expected by early next year.

43.   John Fennell, executive vice president and chief operating officer, said that the company closed Eating Well magazine because it had not been attracting enough advertising or circulation.

44.   John Moore, country head of the Indian unit, declined to comment on whether the company would close the Indian operations.

45.   Joseph Farrugia, chief executive at AmericasMart.com, said the UPS agreement will make it easier for large and small companies to close deals.

46.   Last year the company closed about two dozen underperforming restaurants.

47.   Knight-Ridder, a Miami-based newspaper company, said the two companies closed the transactions today.

48.   Like many dot-coms of late, funding dried up and the company closed.

49.   My suggestion would be Fidelity Select Health Care, moving from Vanguard only because that company has closed its excellent heath care offering.

50.   Nor has the company closed the door on a bid for Capital.