91.   The company may appear on the ropes, but Lansing holds a long view.

92.   The industry has long had rules aimed at limiting such practices, but many companies appeared to ignore them, perhaps because the rules were too vague.

93.   The more the goodwill, the more earnings suffer and the less attractive these companies appear when their shares are sold.

94.   The two companies appear to have mostly complementary product lines, with Lockheed strong in military aircraft and Martin strong in military electronics and heavy-launch rockets.

95.   The two companies do not appear to be in negotiations.

96.   The two companies also appeared to have differing views on the Medicare market.

97.   Then, when profits are shipped shortly after Tyco takes control, the company might appear to be doing very well.

98.   This year, companies appear to be having little trouble keeping up with demand.

99.   To inflate their profits on long-term contracts, he said, many energy trading companies appear to have made dubious assumptions about future power prices.

100.   To date, few companies appear to have suffered from the options boom.