31.   He said many companies have been forced to discount to retain customers.

32.   If the legislation passes, critics say, school officials may be forced to welcome more fast-food services in order to retain student customers.

33.   In an effort to retain customers whose ISPs are struggling, Covad, for example, has sought to allow those customers to buy Internet service directly from Covad.

34.   In a competitive environment, utilities hope such services will help them retain customers.

35.   In the same negotiations, he said, Health Systems International was gambling that it could retain its customers in the Pacific Group without a premium decrease.

36.   In the fierce competition to lure and retain customers in this rapidly burgeoning industry, online brokers are becoming more and more similar to one another.

37.   It is aimed at retaining van customers and attracting luxury car owners.

38.   It needs to attract and retain new customers to build revenues.

39.   It said it kept a lid on costs and focused on retaining customers, which helped boost profit.

40.   It did so by maintaining an unwavering focus on quality, which helped it retain such customers as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems.