31.   In the last three years, start-up technology companies have pushed forward with plans to make electronic books as ubiquitous as mass market paperbacks.

32.   Isla Communications Inc. has applied for a license to process international calls in Manila as the company pushes into the capital in search of more revenue, regulators said.

33.   Japanese auto companies are pushing local sales hard to keep production at domestic factories up and protect jobs threatened by declining exports and a trend to increase overseas production.

34.   It would also allow U.S. companies to push Washington to ease existing restrictions.

35.   Late last year, the company pushed too many personal computers onto the market just as competitors slashed prices amid a glut of machines.

36.   Local companies have pushed the exchange rate up on the Brady bonds since they are often the only way they can gain access to foreign currency.

37.   Mann argued that his company is pushing for positive change in Sudan and might be replaced by less helpful interests if it pulled out.

38.   Many other companies are pushing alternative home networking strategies.

39.   Meanwhile, smaller companies will be pushing add-on products that bring similar communications capabilities to other Palm models and competitors, in some case by connecting to pagers.

40.   More than ever in recent years, U.S. companies are pushing the sale of higher-priced, higher-profit merchandise.