1.   Code language for a prominent leader bringing a business through a difficult period and offering a better long-term contract to employees.

2.   However, they normally obtained the most competitive prices through cooperatives and the volume of business through them was very large.

3.   The rule also pushes up costs, since a non-bank can not route all its card business through its main finance department.

4.   The couple nursed the business through hard times.

5.   Additionally, we will continue to look for suitable opportunities to work with appropriate companies to expand and improve our business through partnership or acquisition.

6.   Thereafter the DTB received official support from the German banks which have re-routed Bund futures contract business through their own domestic exchange.

7.   This stops a firm from channelling its business through its own market makers.

8.   American shipping companies have long complained that Japan ports and labor unions restrict their access to business through discriminatory licensing, scheduling and labor-contracting practices.

9.   Analysts and investors find them attractive because with the industry so fragmented, they can quickly grow their businesses through acquisitions with high returns.

10.   Analysts warn many households may be overextended, especially since many lenders aggressively solicited credit card business through the mail.