1.   As a property investor, the company should be compared with such firms as Amoy Properties Ltd. and Hysan Development Co., said Narain.

2.   Because accounting for deals is so complicated and contradictory, it has become difficult even for accountants to compare companies.

3.   Barksdale himself compares his company not to a warrior but a humble rabbit.

4.   He explained that pricing was a three- to four-month process of comparing companies against their peers.

5.   His privately held company is small compared with many that stand to benefit from the change in law.

6.   Instead, the move is expected to increase sales as a result of stronger financial-strength ratings, which are used by consumers to compare companies.

7.   Instead, analysts rely on their assessment of management, suppliers and capacity, and compare the company to Russian or Central and Eastern European counterparts.

8.   Judge Jackson raised eyebrows by comparing the company to the Standard Oil monopoly of John Rockefeller of the last century.

9.   Previously, FPL argued before the commission that comparing one company to another based on equity ratio is not fair because the comparison should be based on debt.

10.   Shop and compare insurance companies.