41.   Some U.S. firms already have partnerships.

42.   TCU already had a partnership with ESPN Regional.

43.   The Christian organization has a partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

44.   The channel already has nonequity partnerships with channels in Scandinavia and Turkey.

45.   The company also has partnerships with shipping and logistic outlets to get the product back to the merchant.

46.   The company had its booth inside the Microsoft Partners Pavilion, a cluster of companies that have partnerships with Microsoft Corp.

47.   The company has seven partnerships that it has used to move various operations from its books, said Jay Leupp, a stock analyst at Robertson Stephens.

48.   The best explanation came from Dave Karraker, a spokesman for BlueLight.com, the Kmart-affiliated Web operation that has several partnerships with Yahoo.

49.   The company has a partnership with IBM, which has agreed to help with installation, maintenance and marketing material.

50.   The company has a partnership with Universal Music Group to develop a subscription-based model.