31.   A Sumitomo spokesman said he is not aware of any plans to help the company out of financial trouble.

32.   Actually, only a few of the tax cuts Davis wants help high tech companies.

33.   All that is bad news for stock-market investors and for the investment bankers who make money helping companies raise money.

34.   All are well-known scientists and engineers who have helped the company pursue advanced computer technologies.

35.   Business incubators that help start-up companies grow.

36.   Brody counters the charge of helping larger companies, saying that the bank has sharply expanded its support for small business.

37.   But Evan-Zohar in Tel Aviv said he believed a deal would presage further changes that would help the company overcome antitrust objections.

38.   But he said the market conditions may actually help the company in the future.

39.   But InfoSpace chairman and founder Naveen Jain believes that it also helps companies stay focused on profitability.

40.   But Xie said they were outweighed by the prospect that foreign companies could help Chinese companies as partners or investors.