71.   Fleming executives said during the trial that the company failed to pass on to customers the rebates and discounts it routinely received from manufacturers.

72.   FDA says that the company failed to report manufacturing changes and that the stent poses a risk.

73.   Foreign companies have not failed to recognize the draw of the past.

74.   For example, bankers say they have to be cautious about lending because so many eastern German companies fail.

75.   Forty Internet companies have failed in the past two months, including much-hyped retailers such as Pets.com and Furniture.com.

76.   He added that if a company failed to meet standards set in a cleanup plan, it lost the advantages offered under the new law.

77.   He lowered his ratings on Cisco and Nortel and warned that many smaller companies could fail to meet earnings expectations.

78.   He is unlikely to abandon the hunt for deals if his company fails to merge with a sister utility in Kansas City.

79.   He gets no bonus because the company failed to clear return-on-equity hurdles, an official at the firm said.

80.   He gets no bonus because the company failed to meet return-on-equity hurdles, an official at the firm said.