71.   With markets surging, companies have rushed to their investment bankers to sell shares, benefiting both retail and institutional firms.

72.   With yields at seven-week lows, companies are rushing to borrow and lock in low rates on debt.

73.   With electricity now a market-based commodity, power generating companies are rushing to build new plants.

74.   With blood supplies dwindling and fears about blood safety growing, many companies are rushing to develop synthetic forms of blood and blood substitutes.

75.   After years of delay, French companies have suddenly rushed into the Information Age.

76.   Analysts said it appeared that Japanese car companies were rushing to get shipments into the country this spring in advance of any possible trade retaliation.

77.   As regional phone companies rush to bundle communication services into one-stop-shopping packages, BellSouth Corp. is adding satellite television to its offerings.

78.   But after police began enforcing the new law, and the public became aware of what piracy is, the record companies rushed in.

79.   Cable companies are rushing to offer movies and popular shows on demand as satellite TV ramps up the competitive pressure.

80.   Foreign companies have rushed into India looking for business, and most have opened offices in Bombay.