51.  But Ocean Spray is facing serious competition for berries from smaller independent companies for the first time in its history.

52.  But studios and independent companies have failed to meet their needs, producing instead an avalanche of intelligence-insulting comedies and action adventures.

53.  But USA Network has been run as an independent company.

54.  By keeping customers from going elsewhere for parts, PSI said, Honeywell tried to stifle competition from independent companies that service high-tech equipment.

55.  Changing Times in Publishing The takeover of the publisher John Murray was another indication that small independent companies were fading away.

56.  Ciba SC Chief Financial Officer Michael Jacobi said last week that as an independent company, it would be better-placed to invest and grow.

57.  Claricom, he said, was one of the few independent companies with a national network.

58.  Companies responding to the survey included eight major U.S.-based oil and gas companies and nine of the larger independent exploration and production companies.

59.  Compaq will establish Alta Vista as an independent company based in Palo Alto, Calif.

60.  DaimlerChrysler AG and most of the Japanese automakers already buy most of their parts from independent companies.