1.   Country music should help CBS attract male viewers, an area where it has long lagged its rivals, Jordan said.

2.   Despite a spectacular initial public offering of its shares in July, China.com is lagging its rivals.

3.   Its sales growth has lagged key rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM.

4.   Nova yesterday said it will split into two independent publicly traded companies to boost its stock price which has lagged its rivals.

5.   Still, Kmart Canada lags its rivals in modernizing its stores and responding to the changing retail market, analysts said.

6.   Still, the company lags its rivals.

7.   Still, Lehman has lagged rivals in terms of profits and returns to shareholders since it was spun off to the public by American Express Co.

8.   That fueled concern Shell may lag rivals with more exposure to the recovering U.S. refining business.

9.   The fund lags its rivals when bond prices go up.

10.   According to an article Thursday in The Wall Street Journal, Avon has lagged its rivals in research and development spending.