31.   Their interests have collided with those of a pharmaceutical company eager to recoup its research expenses and profit from its innovations.

32.   They are being pressured by companies eager to withdraw money from pension funds that are overfunded.

33.   They portray a company so eager to keep pace that it delayed, neglected or even ignored design and manufacturing problems.

34.   U.S. BUYERS FOR BRITISH UTILITY Another British utility is being bought by American companies eager to expand into a rapidly deregulating market.

35.   Ouellet told reporters afterward that he thought lower trade tariffs would have an immediate effect by bolstering the confidence of Canadian companies eager to do business here.

36.   Enron is among American companies eager to exploit natural gas deposits.

37.   He says the idea is being fought by pharmaceutical companies eager to protect record profits.

38.   The arrests come as just the latest scandal involving questionable ties between civil servants in Japan and private companies eager to do business with the government.

39.   The December auction offered rights to an extremely limited and valuable resource needed by companies eager to serve more cellular-telephone customers and expand into wireless Internet service.

40.   The Germans have their wallets out, and American companies eager for global partners are welcoming them with open arms.