111.   The New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ decided to extend trading hours because they feared losing customers to Internet after-markets.

112.   The problem is that unilaterally shutting bank branches almost certainly means losing customers to rivals with branches across the street.

113.   The officials said companies have been forced to offer the discounts to avoid losing customers to other firms.

114.   The only thing that saved the cable company from losing a customer was a fellow in overalls who knows a lot about homemade mosquito repellent.

115.   The result, industry executives say, is that U.S. companies are losing foreign customers who are worried that delays could jeopardize billion-dollar projects.

116.   The shares fell out of favor when CompuServe began losing customers to lower-priced online services.

117.   The vice chairman said providing bond underwriting is the first level of protection against losing customers to competitors.

118.   They have high rates, a large base of industrial customers and little room to make up revenue if they lose those customers.

119.   They say their customers are demanding access to funds and other risky investments, so the banks must provide them, or risk losing customers.

120.   They also know they could lose customers and open themselves to lawsuits if they agree to install the software, he said.