1.   A separate report on social issues, by the Labatt Anderson consulting firm, is expected to be issued later this year.

2.   Also putting off a planned IPO Friday was Zefer Corp., a Boston consulting firm that specializes in Web strategy.

3.   An efficient, for-profit BCBS could take advantage of its strong statewide presence, says Larry Stepp of Benefit Co., an Atlanta consulting firm.

4.   And a number of the leading management consulting firms, like Accenture and A.T. Kearney, also consult on alliance strategy and structure.

5.   And investors love stock funds because equities have been the best long-term investment, said Avi Nachmany, an analyst at Strategic Insight, a New York consulting firm.

6.   And Minneapolis will install such a system soon, according to Michael Rioux, of Joseph Del Balzo Associates, a Washington consulting firm involved in marketing the system.

7.   And it has one more key asset, according to Avi Nachmany, an analyst with Strategic Insight, a New York consulting firm.

8.   And, it would allow accounting and consulting firms to begin practicing law.

9.   As an Internet consulting firm, Breakaway created Web operations for emerging companies.

10.   Avent later hired Avila to work at her Phoenix-area consulting firm after both had left the White House.