1.   And Diageo and Pernod are dividing the brands in a way that should appease regulators, he said.

2.   And Pepsi may have to sell All-Sport to appease antitrust regulators.

3.   As part of its acquisition of Mannesmann AG, the German industrial and telecommunications conglomerate, in early February, Vodafone was required to sell Orange to appease regulators.

4.   BellSouth Corp. said it will reorganize its local phone operations to establish a division to provide services to new competitors, a move to appease regulators.

5.   Deutsche Telekom is selling assets to appease European regulators and to pay down debt.

6.   Even if British Airways were to give up enough slots to appease regulators, the tight constraints at Heathrow make it difficult for new competitors to enter the market.

7.   Executives from Portland General and Enron said they were confident that the new offer would appease regulators.

8.   Last May, after failing to appease state regulators, Frankel fled the country, leaving documents ablaze in his mansion.

9.   Still, some analysts and antitrust lawyers said a combined company would likely have to divest assets to appease regulators, though, most likely the preschool businesses.

10.   Such a plan would almost surely appease the regulators but would skew the financial plan that underpinned the acquisition in the first place.