1.   An alliance would be a good marriage, analysts have said, because it would help both companies expand and strengthen their geographic reach.

2.   An alliance would be a good marriage, analysts said, because it would help both companies expand and strengthen their geographic reach, analysts said.

3.   Analysts said such a sale would enable Cigna to focus on its core business and would vastly increase the size and geographic reach of Ace.

4.   And all the while, the industry urge to merge grows stronger on the assumption that victory ultimately will go the companies with the greatest size and geographic reach.

5.   As wireless companies merge and form wide-ranging joint ventures, they are searching mostly to expand their geographic reach.

6.   Banks are merging for two reasons, to cut costs and to extend their geographic reach.

7.   Adding Cressona will expand its geographic reach and boost its share of the rapidly-growing market for transportation-related aluminum products, Alumax said.

8.   Gillette is also winning over new female consumers to its Sensor shaving system and is aggressively expanding its geographic reach.

9.   Many tout the Internet as the great equalizer that will let small firms expand their geographic reach and swim with the big guys.

10.   Moreover, their geographic reach is generally limited.