51.   Seven financial companies formed an alliance that will reduce the cost of grabbing cash on the run.

52.   Several European companies have formed a coalition across borders to reduce the prices they pay for components.

53.   So they made it relatively easy for small companies to form partnerships with big corporations and huge investors.

54.   Small biotech companies usually form partnerships with large pharmaceutical firms to market their products.

55.   That followed news the company will form a joint venture in Japan later this month with Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp.

56.   That is why companies with strong performance ethics usually form teams readily.

57.   The Baltimore-based clinical and financial information systems supplier said Atlanta-based ActaMed will supply its products to ActaMed customers under a new alliance the companies formed.

58.   The association said companies may still form joint ventures to make other types of beverages, such as fruit drinks.

59.   The biggest recording companies have since formed a committee called the Secure Digital Music Initiative to study how best to prevent pirating and control Internet music distribution.

60.   The Chicago company has formed an Internet site to match shippers and commercial carriers and help fill half-empty trucks.