1.   Employers also wished to retain skilled labour to recoup their investment in training costs.

2.   Investors will have to take legal action to recoup their investment.

3.   Analysts wondered how America Online would recoup its investment in Mirabilis, which had yet to make a profit from its grass-roots chatters, without offending them.

4.   Analysts are expecting a modest profit next year, though it remains unclear how Ford will recoup its investment.

5.   And with stepped-up competition from generic firms, the time for companies to recoup their investments in brand drugs is declining.

6.   And while he declines to pronounce upon some grand vision for Hartford, he readily admitted that he hoped to recoup the investment he had made.

7.   A handful of states, including California and Pennsylvania, have already adopted a variety of rules that give utilities several years to recoup their investments from consumers.

8.   But developers would have had to charge steep fares to recoup their investment.

9.   But it will not allow Kraft to come remotely close to recouping his investment.

10.   But that investment will be recouped over time, officials said.