1.   Allegheny Teledyne has been shedding minor units, such as its cosmetics packaging and appliance electronics businesses, to focus on high-profit specialty metals and consumer products.

2.   After posting its first annual loss last year, ABB intends to shed the unit to reduce debt and improve its equity base.

3.   It would be the latest in a series of sales as Hoechst sheds chemical units to focus on pharmaceuticals and farm products.

4.   Now that GrandMet has shed underperforming units, it will focus on growing its existing businesses, said Chairman George Bull.

5.   Tenneco joins a string of big companies shedding units through spinoffs.

6.   The figure proved conservative as Daimler shed unprofitable units and wrote off the losses.

7.   The interest in Ault comes as the company has increased its profitability by shedding units and concentrating on cheese and margarine.

8.   The once-sprawling Tenneco joins a string of companies shedding units through spinoffs.

9.   The Sprint-MCI WorldCom deal still requires regulatory approval, and the companies may yet be forced to shed some units.

10.   The sale makes a potential acquisition easier by removing a regulatory obstacle to overseas buyers and shedding unrelated units, the company said.