1.   Among other vulnerable companies are those which derived much of their sales from now-fallen Internet start-ups.

2.   But many vulnerable companies may be less prepared to withstand the pain than those at risk during the last wave, a decade ago.

3.   Buyout firms have been stockpiling cash and are set to pounce on vulnerable companies.

4.   Even so, that admission leaves the companies vulnerable to the grave charge that they control the dose of addictive nicotine in cigarettes to keep their customers hooked.

5.   ENI is considered a vulnerable company that has suffered from directionless management.

6.   FASB said that for companies most vulnerable to the requirements, it would allow easier segment combination.

7.   In fact, he favors the bonds of relatively vulnerable companies toward the bottom of the investment grades, which offer high yields with little current credit risk.

8.   Shares of companies vulnerable to higher interest rates led the declines.

9.   That is why analysts and investment bankers see the company as vulnerable to a takeover bid.

10.   The agreement is for less than many Archer Daniels investors had feared, since price-fixing cases leave companies vulnerable to tripled damages.