11.   Computer processing speeds advanced rapidly as a result, allowing companies to collect far more information.

12.   Daniel Jaye, chief technology officer of Engage Technologies, said his company did not collect any information that tied cookies to names.

13.   Existing law does not require companies to collect sales taxes from customers in states where those companies do not have a physical presence.

14.   Goverman claimed that it would take much longer for the company to collect its outstanding bills than it had previously indicated.

15.   Higher productivity means that companies collect more revenue without employing more labor.

16.   If on-line companies such as Amazon.com can collect millions of dollars overnight in sales, can a presidential candidate tap the same market?

17.   In FDA-approved studies, the two companies are collecting the data that they believe will prove the safety of the devices.

18.   Last year, the company collected about half its revenue from its U.S. operations.

19.   Lately, as mutual fund companies collect greater amounts of cash from investors, MFS has seemed a bit more like its larger cousins.

20.   Like credit card issuers and banks, such companies collect a percentage of all transactions that they process.