71.   Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. have held discussions about combining their business operations, a person involved in the talks said Wednesday.

72.   Freeman has told officials he was approached about it last November and has been holding discussions with the organization.

73.   Furse has reportedly been holding discussions with Brian Williamson, her counterpart at LIFFE.

74.   Further discussions will be held next week, after the five-day all-star break.

75.   GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb have held preliminary discussions about the possibility of a merger, executives close to the talks said on Thursday.

76.   Further discussions were held between the Simon and DeBartolo families before they agreed to the transaction.

77.   He also held discussions with film makers during the same year about making a movie based on his life, but the project was dropped.

78.   He confirmed that Cablevision chairman Alan Gerry had identified Time Warner as one company with which Cablevision had held serious discussions about such an alliance.

79.   He declined to comment on whether the two newspapers are holding discussions regarding future ownership or management changes.

80.   He eventually offered to hold discussions but only through an intermediary.