21.   Insurance companies are backing other legislative bills.

22.   Insurance companies backed the bill but argued against the regulation, saying it would increase administrative costs.

23.   LeBow has said he expects the company will back down from its stance once the votes were in.

24.   Most say the company needs new leadership, and few suggested turning the company back over to co-founder Steve Jobs.

25.   Nike executives are adamant that the company will not back away from that strategy, as Reebok has recently.

26.   Now the company is backing Linux.

27.   Rather than trying to create a network-scale portal, the company backed a dozen independent, specialized Web services, like MarketWatch, Sportsline and Iwon.

28.   Reinsurance companies back up insurers and are likely to bear the brunt of claims ranging from life insurance to workers compensation and beyond.

29.   Scared by the potential of a sexual discrimination case, the company will back off.

30.   So far companies have not backed off of commitments of money to groups such as Inventing Flight.