1.   This company of ex Roll Royce workers has had five offers of finance and is in the enviable position of choosing the partner that suits them.

2.   Analysts said SBC has shown exceptional savvy in choosing partners for its overseas deals.

3.   And the latest word from China and South Korea, which would be the major shareholders in the venture, is that a partner will be chosen by April.

4.   Banks, meanwhile, face an array of options and difficult decisions about how to get into electronic home banking, and what partners to choose.

5.   Choosing partners carefully is another philosophy SBC developed from its Telmex investment.

6.   Government officials said the partner will be chosen later this month.

7.   Hazen seems to be counting on this experience to let him choose a partner if a takeover comes.

8.   In choosing its partners, it looked for organizations that were big enough to accommodate rapid growth but small enough to give the Biogen account top priority.

9.   It also includes choosing technology partners and determining the tools we develop, both information and financial tools.

10.   It lacks the sort of poison pill takeover defenses that many companies have adopted, but Pennsylvania law gives the management of corporations broad powers to choose their partners.