1.   And yet DaimlerChrysler, despite shrinking profits, swears that it will continue to invest big sums in new technology.

2.   As a result, lobbyists and others are still paying big sums to spend time with powerful lawmakers in glamorous settings.

3.   A year ago, venture capitalists were investing in tech start-ups, then quickly reaping the rewards when those companies went public or sold for big sums.

4.   But they insist that it would be irrational to throw big sums at risks this remote.

5.   By contrast, if turnover were a problem, SAS would spend big sums on training, Russo said.

6.   COMPANIES DROP BASIC RESEARCH Corporations once spent big sums on basic research, with the hope that fresh insights might lead someday to a momentous breakthrough.

7.   Experts caution that such thefts are not likely to occur in community banks or small and midsize businesses, only large companies that transfer big sums of money.

8.   For now, big sums remain in stock mutual funds.

9.   Lower borrowing costs help utility companies, which borrow big sums of money to finance their operations.

10.   Often, they even had big sums of money lined up, only to see it gnawed away by bad times or simple operating needs.