1.   Before the established firm knew it, the new company had contacted its clients and convinced some of them to switch their business.

2.   He announced at an afternoon press conference that during the morning meeting at the White House, another pharmaceutical company had contacted Celera about doing business together.

3.   He said the company had contacted Yahoo and Buy.com to seek advice and assistance in defending its servers.

4.   He said the company had contacted him at least twice since the buyout offer to assess his position on the bid.

5.   In fact, the executives said, some companies contacted Comcast.

6.   Kevin Pursglove, a spokesman for eBay, said the company had contacted five or six aggregators, all of whom have stopped the practice.

7.   Mader said that the company would contact the employee whose page contained the offensive materials, but declined to say what action might be taken.

8.   Mutual fund companies contacted Thursdaysaid the shift away from stocks accelerated in July.

9.   Of the half-dozen exhibition companies contacted for this report, Goodrich was the only one that would speak on the record.

10.   Sharif carried two convictions for Florida rapes on his resume, and when the company first contacted him, he was still in a Florida prison.