51.  Although the company considered using the Dean Witter or the Morgan Stanley name, studies showed that Lombard customers didn't want that kind of brand, said Miller.

52.  He added that the company considered making an initial public offering of stock last year but backed down because of poor IPO market conditions.

53.  He added that the company was considering moving some of the trailers that are now carried on intermodal trains by truck instead.

54.  He declined to say how much the companies were considering investing or how close they were to reaching an agreement.

55.  He didn't specify what assets the company is considering selling.

56.  He doesn't consider these cups a "product" any more than a film company considers one of its display posters or a movie trailer to be a product.

57.  He said his company would consider manufacturing the device, "depending on demand."

58.  He said about four more companies are considering B share issues.

59.  He said the companies are also considering rebuilding an old but functioning pipeline to the Russian port at Novorossisk, which he estimated would cost $2.5 billion.

60.  He said the company is considering increasing production at other factories, such the one in Brussels, to make up for the loss.