1.   Buying security-monitoring companies such as ADT and Chubb will let companies such as Williams offer packages of fire protection and alarm monitoring to homeowners and businesses.

2.   E.piphany makes programs that let companies slice and dice hordes of customer information from Web sites, call centers and direct mailings in order to better tailor marketing efforts.

3.   Falling rates let companies and consumers pay less to borrow money, helping corporate profits expand.

4.   It should also let non-cable companies to hop into that market.

5.   Karbank said he let the company out of its lease without a penalty.

6.   Legislators are considering a bill that would let companies with operations in both countries pay tax only in one country.

7.   New drugs often generate big demand from managed health-care providers and hospitals, letting pharmaceutical companies charge premium prices, analysts said.

8.   Passed by Congress last year, the law lets companies that file successful anti-dumping complaints in the United States pocket the duties collected.

9.   That accounting, which is not allowed in other countries, lets a company that buys another one pretend it paid far less than it really did.

10.   The group proposed loosening rules for offering stocks to the public and wants to let companies that post losses list their shares.