1.  The three remaining companies deny breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.

2.  And the remaining Bell company, US West, is allied with one of the leading cable companies, Time Warner, to produce and distribute programming.

3.  But Smith sought to sell the remaining publishing company as a whole rather than in pieces in order to avoid a heavy capital gains tax burden.

4.  Hanson Plc will comprise the remaining companies, which include U.K. building materials businesses such as Hanson Brick and ARC aggregates.

5.  Hanson Plc will comprise the remaining companies, which includes the U.K.-leading building materials businesses such as Hanson Brick and ARC aggregates.

6.  It also means the remaining companies are exporting a growing share of their fighter jets, guns, missiles and bombs.

7.  Last month British Airways and American Airlines revealed they were looking into combining their flight operations while remaining separate companies.

8.  More than five natural gas company buyouts were planned last year, raising the stock prices of the remaining companies.

9.  Merger experts predict that media companies will make alliances this year with the remaining independent portal companies, including Lycos, Excite, Alta Vista and maybe even Yahoo.

10.  None of that, Litan added, depends on the fate of the remaining Internet companies.