1.   Also, buying a unit with a new product or service is faster than building a business as companies rush to grow and take advantage of the expanding economy.

2.   Also, buying is faster than building as companies rush to grow and take advantage of the expanding economy.

3.   And finally, local companies rushed to get yen and dollars.

4.   At the same time, other companies are rushing to expand investments in Mexican factories that will increase their exports to the north.

5.   Big publicly traded companies are rushing to cut their dependence on Medicare business and create national networks to bid for big contracts with private insurers and employers.

6.   A Boeing spokesman said the company often rushes to meet production at the end of the quarter.

7.   A financially desperate drug company prematurely rushes a happy drug called Gleemonex into circulation, and it becomes instantly popular.

8.   After the Telekom offering this year, more companies could rush to market, pulled in by the slipstream of investing in the German utility.

9.   Afterward, many companies rushed to steer their businesses toward the Internet and go public.

10.   But at the same time, companies are rushing to deploy speech-recognition systems that work in conjunction with telephone systems.