91. Startup companies like diaDexus and Exact Sciences, as well as established companies like Applied BioSystems, are developing molecular diagnostics, the term for gene and protein testing. 92. Stephen M. Case, the chairman of America Online, argued that the advertising client lists of both companies were quite diversified, with established companies outnumbering start-ups. 93. Still, even established companies face risks in the industry, where competition is stiff and technology is always changing. 94. Staubach said that his privately held company had acquired enough heft to compete for corporate business with longer established companies, some of whom are publicly traded. 95. Still, franchising remains the way to go for many entrepreneurs and for established companies that want to expand. 96. Such companies do not own a network, but instead buy minutes from an established company. 97. Take the case of Lisa Church, who turned down the opportunity to run a start-up to take a lower-level job at a more established company. 98. Stevia could be a major economic threat to established companies that manufacture artificial sweeteners. 99. T. Rowe Price Global Stock invests in common stocks of established companies worldwide, including the United States. 100. Students, meanwhile, are refocusing on established companies, both to study and as possible places of employment. |