21.   That would make it easier for investors to value the company as separate cable and entertainment units.

22.   The company said it decided to divest the Houston-based unit because investors will better value the companies separately.

23.   The merger values the companies equally.

24.   The move is designed to raise the share price by making it easier for investors to value the company.

25.   The price is lower because the government used nonvoting shares to value the company.

26.   The transaction values each company at its current stock price.

27.   This is valuable information for Internet businesses that would have their companies valued on popularity rather than on profitability.

28.   Though they had agreed on the measures they would use to value their companies, agreement on a precise price came late.

29.   To the dismay of many stock-market veterans, valuing Internet companies has become a matter largely untethered from reality, limited only by visions of distant triumph.

30.   Wall Street is still uncomfortable valuing our companies.