1.   Anderson said some companies count each time a cook makes the drug as a separate incident.

2.   Applied and other companies had counted on this upgrade in chip-making technology to generate big sales and profits.

3.   Athletic-wear companies are counting on the sideline camera to promote their brands.

4.   Both companies are counting on the broadcasts to spur consumers to buy more sun care products.

5.   Carl Levin, D-Mich., who has sponsored legislation that would require companies to count options as an expense on their income statements.

6.   CHINA THWARTS TOBACCO COMPANIES As cigarette sales threaten to decline precipitously in the United States, American tobacco companies are counting on China as a land of growth.

7.   Companies count on repeat business.

8.   Credit-rating companies count them as equity.

9.   Currently, companies cannot count on those tax cuts because they are reauthorized annually.

10.   Currently, the phone company does not count calls that get busy signals.