1.   A comparative approach will identify Marketing factors which distinguish successful companies from less successful ones.

2.   All the Republicans except Buchanan support global free trade and oppose direct measures to discourage companies from moving manufacturing plants overseas.

3.   And cable operators are doing all they can to get the government to prevent phone companies from carrying video programming.

4.   But a slim majority think the commission should act first to prevent testing companies from developing the standards.

5.   However, that has not stopped the cable companies from hedging their bets by getting into the satellite business, too.

6.   It also frees the company from any substantial future insurance claims.

7.   Late yesterday, Fimbra issued a suspension notice preventing the company from taking any investments and freezing existing client funds.