11.   Because the company enjoys a tax break, it can afford to be more generous in the payout.

12.   Bigger companies enjoyed more efficiencies of scale, and the stage was set for the wave of deals.

13.   Big fund companies enjoy an advantage in such a market because they have the buying power to get scarce shares in hot IPOs.

14.   A few local Internet companies have also enjoyed big gains this year.

15.   A Tandem spokesman said the company enjoyed surging revenues in overseas markets, especially in Asia, but that revenues are down slightly in the Americas.

16.   Airbus also suffers from its unwieldy structure, which drives up administrative costs and works against the operational efficiencies a single company can enjoy.

17.   All three companies enjoyed healthy consumer and business long-distance growth in the first quarter, Deatherage said.

18.   But for Allen and Delta it reflects a nagging challenge even as the company enjoys a strong financial rebound.

19.   Companies have enjoyed high rates of return on capital spending because they have been able to borrow money cheaply.

20.   Denver-based gold mining companies enjoyed a strong session.