71.   Alcatel Chairman Serge Tchuruk said his company will seek a partner to help develop the maker of RCA and General Electric brand televisions.

72.   ALCO spokesman Robert Weisberg said the company had sought to place ChatCom into receivership because of ongoing financial problems since Roche took over.

73.   Also, cash-rich companies are seeking acquisitions in an industry where consolidation has left few buyout prospects.

74.   All three companies are seeking to expand into new markets with the joint venture.

75.   All three companies have sought to prop up their share prices by buying back stock.

76.   Although competing companies can seek to create similar products or processes without violating a patent, doing so is often a difficult task.

77.   Both companies are seeking orphan drug status, which comes with seven years of market exclusivity to the first company that demonstrates a breakthrough treatment.

78.   But a management offer yesterday will let the union define parity instead of an outside third party, as the company previously sought, ALPA spokesman Mike Oakey said.

79.   But executives close to the talks said that both companies are seeking a corporate governance structure that would allow Corning to operate independently of Nortel.

80.   But for more than a year, the two companies have been seeking an equitable end to Time Warner Entertainment, and there is no final deal in sight.