41.   Company executives declined to go into more detail.

42.   Company executives declined to say how many catalogs were mailed out bearing the faulty phone numbers.

43.   Company executives also declined to say before January how much of an earnings rebound may be expected next year.

44.   CompUSA executives declined to comment for this article.

45.   Continental executives declined to say how much profit the company would receive from the sale.

46.   Company executives declined to comment on the IPO.

47.   Company executives declined to discuss the deal or disclose the terms.

48.   Company executives declined to speculate about where job cuts are likely.

49.   Compaq executives declined to comment Monday, but according to the suit, Compaq quickly agreed to license the technology to Intel to end the cut-off of information.