1.   The next day an announcement was issued to staff, saying the company would be closing.

2.   The call was answered by a recorded message saying the company had closed early.

3.   Among other shares, steel companies closed mixed.

4.   And the report says some employees may not be doing their best because they sense that the company will soon close some reactors for financial reasons.

5.   Ann Duft, a spokeswoman for Xilinx, the semiconductor manufacturer in San Jose, is among the workers whose companies have closed this week.

6.   As for dot-com spending in the traditional media, which may decline if more e-commerce companies close or conserve cash to remain afloat, Coen was sanguine.

7.   As a result the company closed several plants and sold its Vanier business forms unit last year to check costs.

8.   As more companies close, millions of workers flood the streets.

9.   Before Japanese companies close books at the end of March, they often repatriate their overseas assets into yen.

10.   A Fidelity spokesman said the company would close its funds if it were in the best interest of shareholders.