41.   Last year, the company formed an alliance with GPU International, a subsidiary of GPU Inc., the utility company based in Parsippany, N.J.

42.   Media companies are forming alliances to share the cost of developing and deploying digital networks and consumer equipment to receive digital TV signals.

43.   Meanwhile, the company also has formed a new alliance with Samsung Electronics to develop digital set-top boxes for AOLTV featuring recording capability via the TiVo service.

44.   National Data Corp. shares rose to an all-time high after the company formed a venture with MasterCard International Inc. to process payments.

45.   National Data Corp. shares rose to an all time high after the company formed a venture to process credit card payments for MasterCard International Inc.

46.   One media executive suggested Friday that the two companies might form a joint venture and merge MCA and Polygram.

47.   Other major phone companies have formed strategic alliances in the past two years in order to better compete in a quickly-changing industry.

48.   One reason Time Warner may be in such conflict in handling the controversy is that the company has never formed consistent standards on gangsta rap.

49.   Q. Which companies form a core group of Internet survivors?

50.   Similar companies have formed in Louisiana, California, and Texas, as teams of scientists race to clone the first cat.