51.   Financial companies such as banks benefit from widening profits on their loans, while securities firms make more money on trading.

52.   Financial companies like banks benefit from widening profits on their loans, while securities firms make more money on trading.

53.   Firms also make a profit by reselling customer data to other companies with products to sell.

54.   Flexing their new-found political muscle, computer firms made passage of the bill their top legislative priority.

55.   For instance, the firm makes a viewer that displays text that has been formatted with HTML, the standard format for World Wide Web pages on the Internet.

56.   Financial companies like banks benefit when interest rates fall, as they reap higher profits on their loans, while securities firms make more money on trading.

57.   Foreign firms also make more attractive employers for those middle-aged managers who do have useful expertise.

58.   Foreign firms made several offers to upgrade the pipeline, but Alarcon balked.

59.   Francis declined to say what, if any, adjustments his firm was making in its fixed-income portfolios.

60.   Hambrecht said it is the only online company to give individuals a chance to participate as partners in venture capital and private equity investments the firm itself makes.