71.   Midlands has been active in the market for electricity supply to customers outside its monopoly service area, which is the only market open to competition.

72.   Most employee thefts occurred at the cash register, followed by the sales and service area, customer service, back room and cash office, respectively.

73.   Mediacom is also an acquisition candidate, he added, as larger cable operators expand their service areas.

74.   MSN will also promote the jointly branded DSL service to existing dial-up MSN customers in the Verizon service areas and through its relationships with electronics retailers.

75.   Most mergers have been combinations of utilities whose service areas are next to each other.

76.   No wonder some small regional carriers are forming partnerships in hopes of expanding their service areas and pooling marketing costs.

77.   Northern has been an aggressive marketer of electricity to big users outside its monopoly service area in northern England.

78.   PacifiCorp has several plans to expand beyond its service area in the western U.S.

79.   PGE said that order sanctioned the creation of exclusive, monopoly service areas for each utility.

80.   Pacific Bell is promising to wire any public library in its service area with a digital phone line that will allow libraries to offer public access to the Internet.