21.   And the company failed to effectively communicate the reasons for the cuts.

22.   As air travel grew last year, the company failed to hire.

23.   As financial companies fail, banks become more reluctant to lend, forcing more companies to close and putting more people out of work.

24.   As sales fall, weaker companies are failing or selling out and bigger, better-financed companies are buying the pieces.

25.   At that price, the company failed to find the sweet spot between personal users and corporate customers.

26.   At the same time, the company failed to get up to speed in making semiconductors, which are an integral part of its products.

27.   Bank stocks declined amid concern more Korean companies may fail as the economy slows.

28.   Basel-based Holvis is legally bound to sell its Fiberweb unit to BBA, even if the U.K. company fails to obtain a majority of its shares.

29.   Blumenthal charged that the company failed to disclose the extent of its computer problems and had exaggerated the growth of its membership.

30.   A patent lawsuit in Boston alleged that co-inventors were omitted from a PerSeptive patent and the company failed to convince a judge that the error was without deceptive intent.