1.   But several businesses and consulting groups have made significant progress in the area of assessing qualitative costs.

2.   That consulting group came to realize earlier than others how important Market share was to corporate profitability.

3.   And Bates USA in New York, part of Cordiant Communications Group PLC, opened a strategic consulting group, Whetstone Resources.

4.   And consulting groups like Cap Gemini are happy to take it away, creating a dynamic that continues to relentlessly restructure companies from the inside out.

5.   Annoscia was running the recently formed software consulting group.

6.   Areas under pressure include consumer e-commerce sites, narrow business-to-business concerns, and Internet consulting groups.

7.   At his death, Horwitz, an expert on vitamin A deficiency, headed an international consulting group on the subject.

8.   Australia is set to achieve record gold production this year, Surbiton Associates, a Melbourne-based mining consulting group, said.

9.   Baan Co. formed a global consulting group with eight outside partners that will let it focus more resources on higher-margin software sales.

10.   Bell, who left Salomon earlier this month to form his own political consulting group, still serves as adviser to the investment bank.