81.   It makes sense in the new age of commercial diplomacy for the United States to help American companies in their attempts to win contracts and market access.

82.   It then helps those companies control costs associated with the technology.

83.   It would be the third week of falling interest rates, which could help lower company borrowing costs and spur demand for new credit.

84.   Jessica Reif Cohen, a media analyst for Merrill Lynch, said the ruling helped companies that have already been acquiring duopolies.

85.   Job hunters often forget to make it clear to the interviewer how they would help a company, Visconti says.

86.   John E. Drury, the chairman and chief executive of USA Waste, said in a telephone interview that the merger would help both companies.

87.   John McNamara has helped train African programmers for a growing software company called Persol that helps Ghanaian companies with tasks such as inventory management.

88.   Liu said reports that Iraq will be allowed to sell crude oil, possibly lowering the cost of production and improving earnings prospects, helped petrochemical companies.

89.   Lower interest rates also help companies by reducing their borrowing costs and stimulating consumer demand.

90.   Lower interest rates help companies such as banks and steelmakers that are big borrowers.