1.   The force of that competition is indicated by the costs that firms incur and the fees that they charge clients.

2.   Its Warburg Dillon Read securities firm incurred a loss last year.

3.   True, private firms incur substantial costs when they license experimental compounds and put them through clinical trials.

4.   When the company put the portfolio up for sale in July, Conroy said any costs the firm had incurred were already expensed.

5.   He had denied that most public sector firms were incurring losses, saying nine public sector companies had been identified for expansion as global giants.

6.   Maran denied that most public sector firms were incurring losses.