11.   And catalogue companies struggle with the unpredictable availability of off-price apparel.

12.   And as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies struggle to bring more drugs to market, they depend on the success of such efforts.

13.   And the company is still struggling financially.

14.   And the company is struggling to shake off the habits of a state bureaucracy.

15.   And while other companies struggled, Chambers boasted that it could take advantage and gain market share.

16.   As a result, many retail companies have been struggling to bring the debt levels down.

17.   As American companies struggle to survive, a new compact must be formed between previously antagonistic managers and workers.

18.   As companies struggle to hook up to the Internet, or create the private networks known as intranets, many are logically turning to IBM.

19.   As cyber-trading transforms the financial world, on-line brokerage companies are struggling to absorb the crush of trading by hundreds of thousands of investors.

20.   As the company struggles to keep up with industry leader Nike Inc., Reebok and Fireman have come under pressure from some large institutional investors.