101.  It will try not to have Beeston and Ash undergo a lie detector test administered by an independent company and will try to avoid pursuing the telephone records.

102.  Its other business units will be allowed to continue to operate as independent companies.

103.  It was broken into eight independent companies and in exchange was allowed to compete in unregulated industries, like computers.

104.  Its other business units, mostly in aircraft services, will be allowed to operate as independent companies.

105.  It will require Time Warner to offer customers in large markets at least three independent Internet companies from which to choose.

106.  Joey Mitrani, the owner of the Music Factory, an independent record company in the Bronx, buys master tapes from disk jockeys.

107.  Last month, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna said it would separate its global health and global financial services businesses into two independent publicly traded companies.

108.  Later in the day, Macy reconfirmed its intention to file a reorganization plan that would allow it to emerge from bankruptcy protection as an independent company.

109.  Legerity is an independent company, but it still has ties to its former parent.

110.  Liberty Media may be a tracking stock or an independent company.