71.  Among other things, Hasbro officials contended that the two companies were too big, and that a merger would affect too many products.

72.  Amazon received some noncash credits related to a promotional deal between the two companies.

73.  America Online will sell ads on the messaging service, and the two companies will share the ad revenues.

74.  Analyst John Webster of the Illuminata Group, in Nashua, N.H., suggested the close ties may have fanned the competition between the two companies, however.

75.  Among them, Time Warner has committed to offer most of the Turner assets to the Time Warner Entertainment partnership, which could create problems between the two companies.

76.  Analysts have said that the two companies have complementary products.

77.  Analysts said the combination of the two companies seemed to be a good fit.

78.  Analysts said the deal is bad news for all the competitors of the two companies.

79.  Analysts said Zabriskie resigned amid lower-than-expected sales, unfavorable currency transactions and unexpected problems in merging the cultures of the two companies.

80.  Analysts say the divergent fortunes of the two companies reflected differences in both strategy and execution.