11.   In exchange, the company would secure the flexibility it wants to hire outsiders, they said.

12.   It is the largest contract the company has secured since George W. Bush became president.

13.   Swire Pacific and Cathay Pacific shares rose after the sale was announced amid optimism the two companies had secured political capital as well as working capital from Beijing.

14.   That will allow both companies to secure volume discounts from companies like Disney, which controls cable networks like ESPN.

15.   The companies must also secure the support of Beijing.

16.   The company has secured insurance that covers the costs of protecting its patent if it has to go to court.

17.   The company secured a site and even floated over its golden arches.

18.   The company has secured bank loans as interim financing until the bonds are issued, he said.

19.   The court ordered the licenses returned, and, since then, the company has secured financing to emerge from bankruptcy.

20.   The following week, Wellensiek announced the company had secured enough short-term financing for the next two months, giving it time to work out a long-term solution.