71.   The problem for Laporte is that even when small companies perform well, their stocks get hammered.

72.   The software lets companies perform secure financial transactions, send and work with documents, and handle databases on the Internet.

73.   This may be a simplistic view on my part, but if the companies perform as required, they have nothing to fear.

74.   To be sure, some companies are performing well.

75.   To be sure, some companies performed well last year.

76.   To steady its income stream, the company is performing more routine services for clients, like background checks and employee drug tests.

77.   Until the renovations are complete, the resident company will perform at an alternative site, which the city is seeking.

78.   We will see how all these technology companies are performing in ten years.

79.   While Continental had strong brand equity in its Wonder breads and Hostess cakes, the company had performed poorly.

80.   Both DreamWorks and PolyGram are coming into the market at a time when new movie companies are performing about as well as the Mir space station.