1.   As a result, he added, his interests are aligned with shareholders.

2.   At shareholder urging, the pensions and gifts have mostly disappeared, and companies now pay directors at least partially in stock to help align their interests with holders.

3.   But despite this groundbreaking arrangement, United was never able to fully align the interests of its employees, particularly the pilots, with its own.

4.   Cisco pays its directors with equity to align their interests with shareholders, a company spokesman said.

5.   Directors also seem willing to go further to align their interests more closely with those of shareholders.

6.   Defenders of the current system argue that stock options align the interests of executives with those of investors.

7.   Finding a financial adviser whose interests are completely aligned with those of the investor is about as easy as finding a needle in a haystack.

8.   Giving employees more stock is also a way of aligning their interests with those of shareholders, Ahearn said.

9.   In particular, the report offered recommendations for better ways of aligning the interests of the investor with those of retail brokers and their firms.

10.   It may sound crazy that companies align the interests of their employees with those of the short sellers.