61.   Microsoft has already announced similar partnerships with mobile carriers in Europe.

62.   Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced partnerships with more than a dozen companies to develop interactive television.

63.   MSN has previously announced partnerships with Starbucks, Qwest and Citibank.

64.   NASD Chairman Frank Zarb was expected to announce the partnership at a news conference at the Nasdaq-Amex MarketSite in New York on Tuesday.

65.   She and Vice President Ian Khama led a delegation from Botswana to announce a partnership with Archer Daniels Midland Co. and the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

66.   Swisscom and Vodafone had been expected to announce a partnership ahead of the auction.

67.   The ads in question, for online casinos and sites that offer tips to sports bettors, were not up when the partnership was announced, the NFL said.

68.   The chemical manufacturer and shoe maker Nine West Group announced a partnership to manufacture and distribute products.

69.   The partnership was first announced in February.

70.   The St. Louis-based brewery announced the partnership Friday with Sociedad Anonima Damm.