51.   Analysts believe that companies like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will lead the way with price cuts.

52.   And except for a few companies like Rowan, most executives are still reluctant to invest.

53.   Analysts said companies like Eaton are making cutbacks now because forecasts indicate that an upturn is at least a year away.

54.   And going forward, Barrales said that companies like Cisco are trying to incorporate public transportation and additional housing into their plans to ease the problems.

55.   And he dislikes large companies like Monsanto gaining more control over farming.

56.   And a handful of small companies like Cybercash and Sterling Commerce offer narrow products related to Internet transactions.

57.   And banking companies like Nationsbank and BankAmerica are using aggressive pricing tactics in an effort to unseat Chemical.

58.   And big industrial trading companies like Mitsubishi and Matsui are important players in South African business.

59.   Analysts and investors use cash flow to analyze the performance of indebted companies like Time Warner because it focuses on how the underlying businesses are doing.

60.   And companies like IBM, Sun, Compaq, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, and Intel are doing much of the heavy lifting.