Both deals give the acquiring company access to a critical technology more rapidly than it could be developed internally.

The deal gave each company access to the other's distribution networks.

BankTrak gives a company access to detailed account information at any time in its own office.

Managed-care companies, for their part, usually require the therapists they work with to sign an agreement allowing the company full access to their files.

These new capabilities gave the company access to a number of different markets.

She said that the settlement could give the company access to internal Government research into safety, "which we think is illegal."

The acquisition will give the company access to 11 distribution centers.

An arrangement with an electronics retailer like Best Buy could help give the company access to popular products it cannot sell now.

Still, air force authorities reiterated worries over the consequences of French company access to Brazil's military aircraft technology.

This gave the company access to more collieries and so more traffic over its rails.