41.   Because of payments to the partners over the ensuing decade, Prudential posted a gain on its total investment, said Mark Friedlander, a company spokesman.

42.   Bell South Corp. will file a plan tomorrow with federal regulators seeking permission to offer long-distance services in South Carolina, a company spokesman said.

43.   BellSouth has not announced its pricing plans, a company spokesman said.

44.   BellSouth Corp. will file a plan tomorrow with federal regulators seeking permission to offer long-distance services in South Carolina, a company spokesman said.

45.   Besides, a company spokesman said, the ticker symbol and some subsidiaries already carry the letters SBC.

46.   Binder, the company spokesman, declined to comment on the reports.

47.   Boeing does not have any workers under a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steelworkers of America, company spokesman Paul Binder said.

48.   Boeing Chairman Phil Condit will meet with the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Seattle next Friday to discuss race relations at Boeing, a company spokesman said Friday.

49.   Boise Cascade Corp. has urged lawmakers to restore budget cuts that threaten to shut down the basin-wide environmental planning process, company spokesman Doug Bartels said Friday.

50.   Bono, the company spokesman, rejects the accusation of a whitewash.