31.   Investors favored the companies, betting they would buy mainland assets from their parents on the cheap.

32.   Investors continued to favor companies offering shares to the public for the first time.

33.   Investors favor these companies because footholds in foreign markets ensure strong sales despite downturns in the domestic economy.

34.   Investors favored companies with strong global operations.

35.   It has also agreed to lower tariffs on drugs, end pricing practices that favor Chinese companies and allow foreign companies to distribute their own products.

36.   Les Hough, a Georgia State University labor professor, believes the process for airline union votes favors the company.

37.   Many of its funds have specialized in fast-growing small companies, while the market recently has favored larger companies.

38.   Magellan, which is concentrated in the largest issues, could be hurt if the market fundamentally shifts to favoring smaller companies, Stansky said.

39.   Marcin favors mutual fund companies that are efficient at gathering billions of dollars in assets.

40.   More than most television journalists, Chancellor favored the company of newspaper reporters.