51.   Some companies handle this better than others, Gillette says.

52.   Special purpose companies handle the packaging of loans into securities.

53.   Steer and other privacy advocates said the recent failures of Internet companies puts newfound urgency into the debate over how companies handle customer information.

54.   Still, others are confident that the company can handle it.

55.   Such companies often handle a short- or long-term project, a brainstorming session and other assignments separate from the work performed on an account by an agency.

56.   The charges are serious enough that the consumer-affairs agencies of California and Rhode Island have begun investigations of how managed-care companies handle psychiatric claims.

57.   The company also handles credit card inquiries for oil companies and banks.

58.   The company handles workers compensation claims for other companies.

59.   The company also handles corporate guest houses that sometimes take in tourists, and youth hostels.

60.   The company will handle interest rate, currency and other financial risks.