21.   In recent years, U.S. companies tended to use excess cash for stock buybacks rather than hefty dividends.

22.   Ms. Vale seeks companies that generate excess cash they can use to finance expansion either internally or by acquisitions or to repurchase stock to increase earnings per share.

23.   My suggestion would be to put the excess cash against the mortgage.

24.   PaineWebber Inc. analyst Chris Dixon said Disney will likely fund the stock repurchase out of excess internal cash.

25.   Since he set up the Cap account, Levin has been leaving his excess cash at First Union.

26.   She tends to own stocks in slower-growth industries like utilities, where excess cash is typically not needed to expand.

27.   Specifically, she examines how management reinvests excess cash.

28.   SUVs and SUV limos were a part of the natural progression of an indulgent consumer base with excess cash to throw around.

29.   Such injections of money could fuel inflation, leading central bankers to mop up excess cash with higher interest rates.

30.   Stock analysts said that Volvo would make sense as a purchase only if Chrysler were seeking to use up excess cash to fend off Kerkorian.