1.   Geotel, based in Lowell, Mass., makes software that helps distribute calls among corporate operators and helps keep telemarketers operating at peak efficiency.

2.   If Congress fails to reach an agreement with Clinton over the weekend, another short-term measure would have to be approved to keep agencies operating beyond Monday.

3.   As part of the latest agreement with the IMF, the government will seek to keep companies operating while they work out their debts.

4.   The banks will provide emergency credit to keep KirchMedia operating as the details are hammered out, he said.