1.   Although Cable and Wireless had one of the first genuinely global telecommunications networks, investors have not rewarded the company with a commensurate valuation in the stock market.

2.   And investors continue to reward companies whose earnings exceed expectations.

3.   And investors continue to reward companies that deliver the goods when it comes to earnings.

4.   And most important, more companies are awakening to the significance of new federal sentencing guidelines, which reward companies that police themselves and punish those that do not.

5.   Beyond the markets, mergers are on the rise now because shareholders reward companies that concentrate on their main businesses and expand their reach overseas.

6.   A system that monetarily rewarded power companies for relieving congestion on power lines provided incentives for generators to create congestion problems.

7.   A two-tiered corporate tax rate would reward companies that treat employees well, the senator said.

8.   Cabezos Construction Co. has a clause in the contract for its latest building that rewards the company for completing the project early.

9.   Companies should be rewarded if they can show they are working toward equal average salaries.

10.   Companies were being rewarded in the private and public markets that had no real business model, at least in the short term.