1.   Already, U.S. and European weapons, construction and communications companies are scrambling for contracts that new NATO members will sign as they upgrade their equipment.

2.   Although the voting machine business in the United States has been slack, several companies made advances as they upgraded equipment for other countries.

3.   As more powerful software requires more powerful computers, people and companies are upgrading their equipment faster than ever.

4.   As the company makes capital investments to upgrade its equipment, increase production capacity and develop new products, orders are expected to improve, analysts said.

5.   According to some estimates, it could take as long as eight years for the three nations to upgrade their equipment to NATO standards.

6.   Also, profits have suffered because companies tend to borrow more money these days, often to pay for upgrading equipment, such as computers.

7.   Bush preaches corporate responsibility when he asks companies operating the oldest industrial plants in the state to voluntarily upgrade their equipment and reduce their emissions.

8.   But the problem ultimately will come down to upgrading equipment.

9.   Delphi officials have promised to try to upgrade equipment in the plant and bring in more non-GM business.

10.   Does it still make sense to upgrade old equipment?