61.   The company prefers to do tech support through its Web site, which is great as long as you have a working computer.

62.   The FASB is moving to end one of two ways that mergers are now accounted for, the so-called pooling method, that companies have long preferred.

63.   The low payout ratio could be an indication that companies prefer to pay cash to holders through share repurchases, which are taxed differently for holders.

64.   The trade is fairly typical for the cable industry, where companies would prefer to have systems next to each other rather than as isolated islands across the country.

65.   The unregulated companies prefer plants that can be constructed quickly, with less financial risk.

66.   Traditionally, Japanese companies prefer to settle all pending matters and start the new fiscal year with a clean slate.

67.   To serve business customers who spend thousands of dollars a month on communications services, some companies prefer to install advanced antennas on roofs.

68.   Two companies sold trust preferred securities, which combine traits of stocks and bonds.

69.   Usually the company prefers to show a film exclusively in a theater for four or five months.

70.   W has taken apparel advertising from magazines at both Hearst and Conde Nast, advertising revenue that both companies would prefer to have on their own bottom line.