1.  Although there are local and regional firms, these two companies are the only national ones with a wide range of products, the FTC said.

2.  As is the case with virtually every commercial venture on the Internet, the big question for these two companies remains how significant online sales will actually become.

3.  Despite the lovey-dovey noises made by HP CEO Carly Fiorina and Compaq CEO Michael Capellas, these two companies couldn't be much more different.

4.  Gerstner lauded his new colleague for his "excellent leadership" and for "very quickly seizing the opportunity that these two companies represented."

5.  How the merger will affect these two companies is still far from clear.

6.  I suggest that investors mark their calendars for late January or so, and see how the Christmas season went for these two companies.

7.  I think these two companies are going to pace each other not only this year, but next year as well."

8.  If these two companies merged, would they be able to preclude others from the market?

9.  If you can see the improvement by going over to this other company, why not jump?"

10.  In 2000, the audit says, the utility's payments to these other companies rose about 50 percent, to more than $600 million.