1.   Also, as it considers new acquisition candidates, Acsys may move into new specialized areas, such as staffing for the information technology industry, the filing said.

2.   Analysts said UAL and other carriers are looking to take advantage of their improved fortunes by seeking acquisition candidates.

3.   As part of the review, it considered a number of acquisition candidates, including Compaq.

4.   Boise Cascade has had difficulty finding acquisition candidates, for instance.

5.   Big banks can now look at just about any brokerage firm as an acquisition candidate.

6.   Bond, who sold some consumer services stocks Monday to raise cash for new investments, believes Sprint and US West are possible acquisition candidates.

7.   But some see Turner as too small to take out a bigger player, and say it may be an acquisition candidate itself.

8.   California Federal has scouted for acquisition candidates among finance companies specializing in loans to consumers with prior credit problems, people familiar with the thrift have said.

9.   CompUSA has been actively seeking an acquisition candidate, and several months ago talked with rival Computer City, which is owned by Tandy Corp. of Fort Worth.

10.   Customers, strategic partners, distributors or acquisition candidates may hire them.