1.   So the company is shifting its attention from selling individual products to selling a range that can work easily together.

2.   American petroleum companies have shifted their reliance from the gulf to nations in the Western Hemisphere.

3.   Analysts said the management change will probably mean the company will shift its strategy from one of cost-cutting to one that involves more effective sales.

4.   As companies shift their businesses to the Internet, he said, there is a bigger opening for a new approach than for incremental improvements.

5.   As foreign companies shift to selling products as opposed to making them in Korea, analysts expect this problem to grow.

6.   As the company shifts its focus to its new market niche, profit margins are widening and losses are shrinking, Goddu said.

7.   At Sun Microsystems, meanwhile, executives acknowledged that the economy was weakening but said that the downturn might actually help their business, as companies shifted their spending.

8.   At this point, most companies have not shifted to the practice.

9.   Beginning with the next quarter, the company is shifting to a new fiscal year in line with the calendar year.

10.   A spokeswoman for Citicorp said the company commonly shifts executives.