81.   But the company lost ground early to Novell, which emphasized software over hardware, and more recently to Cisco, which has been a much more aggressive competitor.

82.   But Snyder defended the arrangement, saying the company has never lost money on a Disney deal.

83.   But some consumer-behavior researchers say they would not be surprised if both companies lost some business.

84.   But the company lost its second round of financing and Turner was laid off two days before Christmas.

85.   But unless it is willing to make more far-reaching concessions in settlement talks than its behavior would suggest, the company has lost sight of the broader picture.

86.   But when a company loses its visionary founder, people on Wall Street start asking questions.

87.   But when the paradigm of paying over the Internet changed, the company lost favor.

88.   By failing to let customers know about the math flaw when it was first discovered, the company lost a great deal of trust.

89.   Cable television companies today lost a long legal battle with the federal government about whether they must include local broadcast stations in their channel lineup.

90.   But, these critics say, startup companies lose billions of dollars in potential capital through such practices.