91.  American companies are also putting neon advertising signs in bars and nightclubs.

92.  American companies are enjoying the benefits of abundant labor.

93.  American companies are leading a global investment boom fueled by worldwide economic growth, especially in developing nations.

94.  American companies are reporting a surge in profits, giving investors reason to hope that the aging bull market may have more life left.

95.  American companies are scrambling to stave off regulation by adopting voluntary privacy guarantees.

96.  American companies are unwilling to speculate on how possible future sanctions will hurt their sales in China.

97.  American companies fear such an outbreak of rationality and are mounting a campaign to block it.

98.  American companies have been in the forefront in exploring the Indian market, outstripping companies from Western Europe and Japan.

99.  American companies have complained for years that they lose billions of dollars in contracts every year to rivals that bribe their way to success overseas.

100.  American companies have gradually become the biggest source of this corporate revenue, and their executives often get prominent billing at forum events.