101.   In addition, the company ran into unique problems of its own last year after overstating sales.

102.   In October, the San Francisco-based telephone company ran full-page ads in newspapers attacking The Post.

103.   In need of money, Peery and Ford had a deal working with Broadband Sports, but it fell through when that company ran out of funding.

104.   In some cases, the mergers were struck because a newly public company ran into trouble and needed to sell.

105.   In their gusto to grab the attention of African-American consumers and to create a buzz, some companies run the risk of offending.

106.   In truth, their companies were running in the red and they had piled up state and Federal tax liens.

107.   In the end, say people close to the negotiations, the company simply ran out of money to pay its bills and keep its doors open.

108.   Instead of following a script, e-savvy companies run an improvisational theater.

109.   It is now drawing up plans for private companies to run bits of the welfare state.

110.   ITT will spinoff its Hartford insurance business, its industrial products unit and a third company will run the Sheraton hotels and Caesars World casinos.