31.   The company then treats it again and then sends it to the reverse-osmosis plant.

32.   The International Accounting Standards Board is poised to propose, probably this fall, a standard that would require many foreign companies to treat options as an expense.

33.   The insurance commissioner orders market conduct exams when there is evidence that a company may be treating its customers or potential customers unfairly.

34.   The new company has treated them well, he says.

35.   The mental health amendment, offered by Republican Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, requires that insurance companies treat mental illnesses the same way they treat physical illnesses.

36.   The number of knowledgeable veteran employees has shrunk at a time when companies increasingly treat knowledge of their history and intellectual capital as assets.

37.   The proxy statement does not disclose the total amount of interest paid and the precise amount that the company treats as market-rate interest.

38.   The tag will tell you which company treated the lumber, the year of treatment and also the agency that performed the quality inspection.

39.   Typically, a company treats its charges for running a marketing program as an expense that reduces earnings on the income statement.

40.   Under current rules, most companies treat directors as employees, to avoid having to take the charge.