91.   It permits U.S. companies to avoid certain income taxes by setting up export subsidiaries on offshore tax havens such as the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barbados and Guam.

92.   Keating contends that many companies avoid Oklahoma in favor of Texas and other nearby states that have right-to-work laws.

93.   Larger companies are avoiding the problem by hedging, purchasing huge quantities of fuel at set intervals to lock in the price.

94.   One should remember that local companies can avoid takeovers because they have the advantage of knowing the local market well and they just have to exploit their advantage.

95.   Simonetti said GM wants the deal arranged in a way that will allow the company to avoid large tax penalties or harm to its credit rating.

96.   Smuggling would enable a company to avoid government taxes and import fees.

97.   That would exempt them from state mandates that bigger self-insured companies avoid.

98.   Thai and American companies can avoid double tax on international air cargo service and halve the tax on shipping service.

99.   The campaign would have allowed the companies to avoid publicly acknowledging there was a vehicle defect.

100.   The country has a sophisticated banking system and, unlike many Asian firms, South African companies have mostly avoided getting into heavy debt.