1.   Atlanta was ranked the fourth most affordable major metropolitan housing market in the United States in recently released census statistics.

2.   Bank of Montreal executives said the Chicago market --the third-largest metropolitan market in the U.S. -- remains inadequately served by a highly fragmented retail banking industry.

3.   Bell Atlantic has every reason to be more conciliatory because it has already lost so much corporate business in big metropolitan markets to upstarts.

4.   But few other metropolitan markets are quite as prosperous as Boston.

5.   By clustering new and used-car dealerships in major metropolitan markets, Republic hopes it can boost sales while cutting costs on expenses such as advertising.

6.   Companies like Time Warner Inc., Comcast and Cablevision Systems own cable networks in large metropolitan markets but are looking for both capital and expertise in the wireless business.

7.   Currently, a few cable television companies in selected metropolitan markets offer high-speed Internet access to PC users over special cable modems.

8.   Deborah Lawson, an analyst with Morgan Stanley, said regulators look at each metropolitan market separately.

9.   During its tenure, the tabloid went head-to-head with the New York Post, New York Daily News and The New York Times in the highly competitive metropolitan market.

10.   In fact, a new super-premium entry, Alaska, was recently introduced in the New York metropolitan market.