1.   These businessmen are crusty, rough-edged fellows trying to survive in deadly earnest competition with companies much bigger than theirs.

2.   This is especially true when you have a small supplier or company dealing with a much bigger company.

3.   As the car rental industry polarizes, business will go to the bigger companies.

4.   Ramsay will be recruiting staff for the bigger company.

5.   Although the business is still dominated by small outfits, some bigger companies have been buying up the little guys.

6.   Although a bigger company might mean more and better services for customers, less competition could hurt in the long run.

7.   An inescapable conclusion was that St. Joseph Light had to be part of a bigger company and the larger resources it could deploy.

8.   An advertising slowdown has lowered price tags at small companies with marginally profitable or money-losing publications, turning them into tempting targets for bigger companies.

9.   And bigger companies can mean poorer service and higher prices.

10.   And a bigger company must make bigger acquisitions to sustain a pattern of growth.