1.   The company attributed the increases to continued expansion of the business.

2.   Although many Bay Area companies have attributed poor earnings to problems in Asia, Loral is the first to link a major local layoff to the Asian crisis.

3.   Although the company attributed a good part of its fiscal woes to a persistently strong dollar, Kodak did acknowledge it must take action.

4.   Both companies attributed the turnaround to wholesalers stocking up in advance of the settlement.

5.   Both companies attributed the expected slippage to temporary circumstances like higher memory-chip prices and supply disruptions caused by the earthquake in Taiwan.

6.   Both companies attributed the action to their inability to refinance loans.

7.   Both companies attributed the turnaround to wholesalers ordering in advance of a settlement.

8.   Both companies attributed their actions to an inability to refinance loans.

9.   But the company attributed the weak sales of its mini-vans partly to the incentives that Ford had placed on its Windstar mini-vans.

10.   But the company attributed it to chance, not chemicals.