41.   Companies are holding the line on prices they pay for materials, but the pressure appears to be building for prices increase.

42.   Companies still hold large chunks of each other, and are only just starting to unwind their holdings in a move towards enhancing shareholder value.

43.   Coke has a large shareholder base in New York, and this is the first time the company has held its annual meeting there.

44.   Cotsakos said the company has held to a no-furlough policy.

45.   Companies in turn are holding the line on wage increases.

46.   Despite appearing to stray in recent times, Coke archivist Phil Mooney said the company has long held to a fairly consistent message in its ads.

47.   During a conference call with analysts, NCR Chief Financial Officer David Bearman said the company still holds to its objective of doubling its operating income this year.

48.   Each company held its own memorial to honor its dead.

49.   Economic growth, he said, means that companies are holding more training sessions and sales meetings and offering more incentive trips.

50.   Executives at both companies confirmed the companies held talks in the past.