1.   All three created machines that brought their companies billions of dollars and all three became independently wealthy.

2.   All three created machines that brought their companies billions of dollars, all became independently wealthy.

3.   It could cost the company billions of dollars to settle the claims.

4.   Piracy of patents, recordings, and computer programs in China are estimated to be costing European and US companies billions of dollars.

5.   Rising tensions between the United States and China threaten to set off a trade war that could cost major American companies billions of dollars in lost business opportunities.

6.   The benchmark rates are part of a plan to save U.S. phone companies billions of dollars in oversees phone costs.

7.   The single currency could save companies billions in foreign exchange costs and provide a system to curb budget deficits, keeping interest rates low.

8.   They would save the regional Bell telephone companies billions of dollars in access fees that some rivals and groups say would be shifted to Internet users.

9.   Wall Street has followed the case closely for its potential to cost the tobacco companies billions in liability damages.

10.   A. Single currency will end exchange-rate swings and bank fees costing companies billions of dollars that come from doing business in different monies.