1.   Many companies dislike defined-benefit pensions because such plans are highly regulated and put all the investment risk on the company.

2.   No company dislikes having a block of stock controled by friendly forces, either.

3.   Oil companies dislike talking about gas prices or predicting where those prices might be heading.

4.   Oil companies dislike ethanol because it cannot be transported in most pipelines, requiring use of costlier rail cars or tanker trucks.

5.   Sternad, the company spokesman, said the company disliked the multiemployer plan on the ground that UPS sometimes had to subsidize the pensions of employees at other companies.

6.   Sternad, the UPS spokesman, said the company disliked the multi-employer plan on the ground that UPS sometimes had to subsidize the pensions of employees at other companies.

7.   The phone companies disliked the bill because they said they were already cooperating with wiretapping requests.

8.   Though companies dislike being cited for violations, they applaud the FDA when it accuses their competitors of similar infractions.