1.   The law would encourage companies to switch from coal to cleaner fuels.

2.   What we need is a stable economic climate that encourages companies to invest on a consistent, long-term basis.

3.   Analysts say investors are encouraging the company to play hardball with its United Auto Workers union.

4.   Bourque said she is also exploring ways to encourage companies setting up research sites in Massachusetts to also develop manufacturing plants here.

5.   Despite a flurry of hotel building, and resulting revenue, Ms. Jones is encouraging nongaming companies to relocate here.

6.   EBay has not always encouraged other companies who try to hitch their star to its site.

7.   --Help craft international accounting standards that will encourage foreign companies to list on U.S. stock markets while providing the protections afforded by U.S. standards.

8.   In an effort to minimize job losses from shutting the facilities, the Clinton administration has encouraged companies to consider taking over parts of the bases.

9.   In theory, rates will fall as savings are shifted from the public to the private sector, encouraging companies to borrow and invest in more productive modern facilities.