11.   And to keep up with the dot-coms, established companies also started spending like drunken miners.

12.   As the market has shown favor to more established companies with proven earnings, executives like Bible have seen the value of their stock options skyrocket.

13.   As the new digital technologies continue to transform the movie business, established companies are looking for ways to protect their franchise while taking advantage of new opportunities.

14.   At this critical juncture in the evolution of Internet technology, dot-coms and established companies face different strategic imperatives.

15.   Both would be biotech blockbusters with the potential to put a new company on the map or sustain an established company with years of robust profits.

16.   According to a summary of the meeting discussions, Marcusse suggested transferring tax credits from established companies to start-up companies.

17.   Advertising from Internet companies fell, and the company scrambled to cut costs and increase business from more established companies.

18.   Advertising from established companies is not filling that deep hole.

19.   After all, one of the biggest worries today of managers at established companies is the flight of workers to Internet jobs that promise unprecedented wealth.

20.   After the dot-com bubble burst last spring, the experts asserted that established companies like Wal-Mart Stores and Sears would carry the day.