1.   Already, cable companies have locked horns with regional Bell companies in negotiations over issues like how much they should pay for handing off calls to the Bell network.

2.   As Treasury yields sank and yield spreads narrowed, companies locked in some of the lowest borrowing rates in recent memory.

3.   Forward selling allows a company to lock in a price for its gold production and is normal practice in the Australian gold mining industry.

4.   If money market rates look set to rise, the company can still lock in its borrowing costs.

5.   No matter how much rates rise now, the company has locked in a price that will allow it to invest in new equipment and improve productivity.

6.   One big advantage for Microsoft in this opportunity-pricing is that the company can lock in customer loyalty.

7.   The companies locked in some of the lowest borrowing rates this year.

8.   The sales also allow mining companies to lock in prices months ahead of the actual delivery.

9.   But this week the two companies locked horns over pricing.

10.   Thousands of riot police have massed around the shipyard in the southern industrial complex of Ulsan since Wednesday, when the company locked them out of all facilities.