41.   But the investing equivalent happens all the time with mutual funds -- as financial advisers and federal regulators are all too aware.

42.   But the regulators were not favorably impressed.

43.   But state regulators are not the only potential obstacle to the deal.

44.   But the regulators have been unpredictable.

45.   But they will not be enjoying it all that quickly, he said, because regulators are not likely to make a decision until early next year.

46.   But the regulators are not giving up the fight.

47.   By Christmas Eve, international banking regulators were twisting the arms of lenders to prevent them from abandoning the country.

48.   But will European regulators be as generous as the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department have been with the combination of U.S. defense firms?

49.   California regulators are in the process of beefing up standards for particle air pollution, but not of the size that worries Ritz and her UCLA colleagues.

50.   Charity regulators like Spitzer are careful to say they have not seen any examples of fraud involving these deals.