71.   Williams Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd refuted suggestions that the company cannot afford the acquisitions and sought to play down the extent of any antitrust problems.

72.   While the company could afford to make a fairly expensive purchase.

73.   Williams Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd refuted suggestions that his company cannot afford the acquisitions and sought to play down the extent of any antitrust problems.

74.   With few large acquisitions in the offing, the company can afford to buy its own shares.

75.   With IBM on the brink of collapse at that time, Gerstner cut the dividend sharply, saying that the company could no longer afford the payments.

76.   According to industrial relations lawyers, if a company can no longer afford the staff, the law appears to suggest that the business be closed.

77.   But retrenchment can be a very costly exercise, say the experts, and there are situations where a company cannot afford to retrench even if it wants to.

78.   But the Honda official said the question is whether the company can afford another expensive event.

79.   Companies cannot afford to fall behind.

80.   Country manager Hee Kim Fah said the large and medium-sized companies cannot afford to do without business application software solutions.