61.   The idea is to avoid conflicts between institutions and retail customers, though at some point he will have to choose which group gets his best ideas.

62.   The presence of retail customers, the thinking goes, would slow the bidding and probably result in more disputes over vehicle defects.

63.   The three natural gas retailers will be the first in the U.S. to compete for retail customers as part of the Midwest Gas test-marketing program.

64.   The stores are set up with retail customers in mind.

65.   The utilities do not have to give the independents access to their retail customers.

66.   The warehouse club unit has improved as it focused more on wholesale customers rather than retail customers.

67.   These companies earn a living by selling stocks at a price slightly higher than what they paid for them, rather than from commissions paid by retail customers.

68.   They also will not permit retail customers to take possession of more than one gun within a two-week period.

69.   They could then be forced to hit more ordinary retail customers with rolling blackouts.

70.   Those companies now are preparing to sell power to retail customers, such as homes and stores, as deregulation further opens up the transmission grid.