1.   The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.

2.   Although the King did not attend the conference, he held separate meetings with the two Palestinian leaders.

3.   Separate meetings were also held at Douglas Reyburn in Kilmarnock and at Lyles in Cumbernauld so that everyone in the group was given the opportunity of attending.

4.   And he said he was scheduling separate meetings with the commanders of the various armed services.

5.   And in a separate meeting with Gingrich, the Chinese leader invited him to visit Tibet.

6.   Anderson will hold a separate meeting the Canadian Auto Workers, his spokesman said.

7.   At a separate meeting in Connecticut, Duracell shareholders also approved the deal.

8.   At his hotel suite he has separate meetings scheduled Thursday with Gov. George Pataki, New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman and Bob Dole, the presumed Republican presidential nominee.

9.   At two separate back-to-back meetings on Sunday, Barak saw members of the Conference of Presidents and the Forum at the Waldorf.

10.   At separate meetings, owners of BEC Energy and Commonwealth Energy System are expected to support combining the holding companies into a new business called NStar.