The terminals will be sold to the Williams Companies.

The Williams Companies as a whole had 5,300 employees.

The company is 83 percent owned by the Williams Companies.

Any of the foreign carriers might be interested; so might Williams Companies, which is building out its own network.

The Williams Companies gained 2 7/8 yesterday to close at 56 3/8.

Only one competitor, the Williams Companies, comes close; its value today is $2.58.

The one from the Williams Companies, a natural gas and energy trading company, may take the prize for heft.

Among the natural gas group, Williams Companies rose 1, to 28 1/8.

The fourth, the energy trading unit of the Williams Companies, has simply refused to answer a crucial question, the commission said.

Williams Companies rose a point, to 32 3/4.