11.   AIDS activists accused the United States of trying to manage the Global AIDS fund in a way that favors drug companies.

12.   All three companies are favored by analysts for their ability to build brands into international household names.

13.   But just as the money moved into retail, it will head off and find a new home when those favored companies run out of ways to grow.

14.   But the rules will not go into effect until it can address concerns that they favor big companies.

15.   But they favor a company like Quintiles, which provides FDA testing and application support for biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

16.   But this year, investors soured on companies that sell genomics tools or services to drug companies, favoring instead companies that make their own drugs.

17.   Congressmen said last week the reduction favored one company in particular, Coca Cola.

18.   Democrats complain the plan favors oil companies, and that Bush unveiled the plan without having visited California, the state they believe will be most affected.

19.   Drug companies can decline as interest rates rise because investors favor companies more exposed to economic growth, such as oil companies.

20.   Drug companies can decline as the economy quickens because investors favor companies more exposed to growth, such as oil companies.