51.   Cable companies are spending billions on digital services, not so much because they want to as because they have to.

52.   Cable-TV companies have plans to spend billions of dollars to upgrade their networks so they can provide voice services.

53.   Cable TV and phone companies are planning to spend billions to upgrade their systems to handle any kind of communication.

54.   Cable companies are spending billions of dollars to upgrade their networks, allowing customers Net access over high-speed cable modems.

55.   California loves the automobile so much that it spends billions just to stay still.

56.   Coca-Cola has spent billions of dollars associating itself with famous athletes and sporting events around the globe.

57.   Companies are spending billions of dollars to try to rid themselves of bias, discrimination and harassment, Hemphill said.

58.   Companies have spent billions on private data networks in recent years, but these were mainly in-house conduits.

59.   Companies such as Talbots have spent billions in recent years creating Web sites to market their products and attract new customers.

60.   Companies and public institutions have spent billions preparing for the changeover, and most of the transition in bookkeeping terms has already occurred.