11.   And although the number of temporary workers has surged, few if any companies can manage big work-force reductions without resorting to exhaustive negotiations and dealmaking.

12.   Because they do not require fund managers making day-to-day decisions on which stocks to buy and sell, index funds are relatively inexpensive for companies to manage.

13.   Bigger companies have managed to gain market share, and a lot of their erstwhile competitors have gone away.

14.   All these reasons have turned Strong, whose Wisconsin company manages more than two dozen no-load mutual funds, into an active buyer of shares in Union Pacific Resources.

15.   A few big companies still successfully manage conglomerates.

16.   A few companies have managed that lately.

17.   After the utilities crumbled, the company did manage to get back a big part of the money.

18.   Both companies have managed bond sales by Sony group companies in the past.

19.   But more humane companies often manage to achieve savings without wholesale firings.

20.   But the company still managed to pick up an additional client Thursday.