1.   The consortium said that the agreement made a mockery of official SSSI designations.

2.   People close to the talks between the company and the consortium said that Bell Atlantic was leaning toward a different sort of DSL.

3.   The consortium said the electronic check will be available for consumers some time next year, but could not predict how many people would use it.

4.   The consortium has said it may be able to determine whether Kashagan contains commercial volumes of oil by June.

5.   The consortium said that merchants, consumer groups and analysts will soon join the group.

6.   The consortium says that a decision on whether or not to go ahead with the project could follow next year.

7.   While The Herald sped toward an April publication date, the consortium said it would be content to publish a more complete and thorough report later.

8.   A Norwegian-led consortium said Tuesday it has found enough wealthy wanderers to go ahead with building an enormous condominium ship.

9.   Alliance Development Co. said it was not involved and the Yemeni consortium said the American company had dropped out of the deal last December.

10.   An international oil consortium said Monday it expects no delays in starting production of its Caspian Sea oilfields off the shore of Azerbaijan.