11.   It stemmed from a desire to align their interests with those of shareholders.

12.   Many investors and brokers say fee-based structures largely align the interests of both parties.

13.   On the surface, this is an effort to align the interests of management more closely with those of shareholders.

14.   Options are traditionally justified as a necessary incentive designed to align the interests of management and shareholders.

15.   Our interests are aligned very closely with the interets of the other shareholders.

16.   Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt has been pushing brokerage firms to align their interests more closely with those of their customers.

17.   The competition has created an awkward relationship between the two premiers, whose interests are usually aligned.

18.   The only way to be successful in a public company is to align the interests of your customers with your business model.

19.   The surest route to aligning the interests of chief executives with those of shareholders is to pay them heavily in stock options, pay experts say.

20.   To really align the interests of executives and shareholders means that both groups have to face the risk of declining shares.