41.   Broderbund helps these independent companies develop the games and then distributes the products.

42.   Broughton has left to form an independent company to produce similar shows for other cities.

43.   But analysts predicted that Ciena would have a tough time competing as an independent company.

44.   But Baer of the FTC said that Staples and Office Depot had been growing rapidly as independent companies and could achieve many of the same efficiencies without a merger.

45.   But bondholders support a plan of re-organization that would get Macy out of bankruptcy protection as an independent company.

46.   But Bill Block, a partner at Artisan Entertainment, a smaller independent company, saw the film at its first midnight screening at Sundance and pounced on it.

47.   But GM has asked EDS for a one-time payment to reflect the value EDS would gain as an independent company.

48.   But he is going to Afghanistan for an independent video company, BNN, which plans to syndicate his reporting.

49.   But it was made by an independent company, Gramercy Pictures.

50.   But more than a half-dozen independent DSL companies have filed for bankruptcy or shut down in recent months.