31.  Craig Albert of Sanford C. Bernstein favors the operating company.

32.  Customers would continue to get bills and service from operating companies such as WMECO.

33.  Despite the poor performance of Nabisco stock, Goldman said, James Kilts, the chief executive of the operating company, has done an excellent job.

34.  Equity Office Properties is the operating company of the investment fund Zell-Merrill Lynch Real Estate Opportunity Partners Limited Partnership Fund II, which redevelops distressed properties.

35.  Federal law requires BellSouth and other regional Bell operating companies to give competitors unfettered access to its network before they may sell long-distance service.

36.  For instance, AltaVista, a majority-owned operating company of CMGI Inc., ran a pro bono superstitial for Rockthevote.org on its entertainment channel in early November.

37.  Four regional Bell telephone operating companies lost a bid to force the Justice Department to return reams of confidential information about their business operations.

38.  Guccio Gucci SpA, Milan, Italy, named Domenico de Sole chairman and chief executive of its operating company.

39.  He has grown his portfolio of operating companies, expanding his rail-car manufacturing business and buying casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

40.  He is the president of the Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League and overseer of the arena operating company that runs The Summit in Houston.