11.   Over there, he reminds you, companies like Absolut vodka and Levi Strauss have found that supporting gay and lesbian events has paid off commercially.

12.   The decision to ease the burden of unrelieved ACT will benefit mainly manufacturing companies like TandN and GKN, with substantial overseas earnings.

13.   The efforts companies like this are making, may help their defence is stress claims do materialize.

14.   Single digit margins are simply not acceptable in a company like ours.

15.   Companies like Nissan, Ford, Bendix, Swish and Black and Decker are customers.

16.   Along with operating the Ask.com site, Ask Jeeves provides its search technology to sites for companies like Nike, Microsoft and Williams-Sonoma.

17.   Already, phone companies like Sprint and GTE are test marketing the new devices, hoping their use will bring a flood of new long-distance calling minutes.

18.   Also pending in Congress is a bill to make it a federal crime for courier companies like United Parcel Service to deliver alcohol to a minor.

19.   Along with the ubiquitous Lucite-block gewgaws for deal makers, companies like Lucent, which makes telecommunications equipment, are handing out baseball caps at the exchange.

20.   Although virtual retailers are having a more difficult time turning a profit, Eisenmann finds promise in companies like Send.com.