41.   It controlled the steel-making process from beginning to end through a combination of furnaces, ore deposits and transportation companies.

42.   Its donations, the transportation company noted, have included seed money for a program to help recovering drug users in Richmond, Va., where it is based.

43.   Iwao Okijima, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., told reporters that the company wants to become a transportation company, not just an automaker.

44.   JTB and other travel agencies said the number of Japanese travelers has helped them keep prices down, allowing them to bargain with hotels and transportation companies abroad.

45.   Labor strife, particularly for transportation companies, has become commonplace.

46.   Legislation that takes effect next week also makes transportation companies liable for illegal refugees who use their services.

47.   Many business travelers are flocking to Amtrak, Greyhound, and other ground transportation companies rather than flying to New York or Washington.

48.   Not that chief executive Herb Kelleher considers other airlines the only transportation companies to beat.

49.   On Friday, U.S. stocks rallied, fueled by the biggest gain in transportation companies since mid-July and the simultaneous expiration of options and futures.

50.   Now, the Miami-based transportation company said its results will be even worse.