51.   Because the economy seems to be expanding quickly, steady-earning consumer companies lost their luster, while so-called cyclical stocks grew more attractive.

52.   Before, the company was losing business to British competitors, which were able to arrange financing through a government export guarantee program.

53.   Both companies also lose money, he said.

54.   Both companies have lost nearly half of their value since issuing shares to the public.

55.   Both companies lost money initially on their customers, but Meeker said she thought that if they kept their customers happy they could expand their customer base.

56.   A Clinton administration point man on trade, however, denies that companies are losing contracts because of politics.

57.   A major aim of the plan is to overcome unfavorable market forces that are causing drug and biotechnology companies to lose interest in developing an HIV vaccine.

58.   Adam Thierer, a Microsoft sympathizer at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said the company has all but lost.

59.   According to analysts and former Sunbeam executives, the company is losing market share in its gas-grill and furniture lines.

60.   After all, nearly all Internet companies are losing money.