31.  Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News competes with Bridge in offering financial data and news.

32.  Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, competes with Reuters Holdings Plc in providing news and financial data.

33.  Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, competes with Reuters in providing news and financial data for business.

34.  A financial Web site could use a service that would cause customer financial data to appear inside a full-featured spreadsheet program.

35.  A person close to QVC said three other companies had requested financial data and one was actively interested.

36.  A would-be buyer may not want the businesses of selling tax advice, analyzing financial data of acquisition targets or reviewing employee benefit plans.

37.  According to the proxy, GB in April sent financial data to three potential acquirers and received an expression of interest from a fourth.

38.  According to people involved with the sale, Viacom has not yet begun circulating the detailed financial data that buyers require to analyze a prospective acquisition.

39.  Adweek reported that the two agency companies had exchanged financial data.

40.  All of these statistics come from forecasts produced by Economy.com, which specializes in regional financial data.