71.  Analysts said that the big out-of-state banking companies were unlikely to be very interested in buying Ahmanson.

72.  Analysts said the departure was a particular concern for investors coming as most other big Internet companies were warning of shortfalls in advertising revenue.

73.  And many big companies, like Georgia Power, say they are doing all they can to make it easier for customers.

74.  And investors, looking for islands of stability in an uncertain world, like the predictable results the big companies can deliver.

75.  And that is why so many people of my age want to quit their big companies to go to little companies.

76.  And it has rendered largely useless the helicopters that many big companies keep for ferrying executives from urban meetings to suburban outposts and back.

77.  And some chilling things too, such as the revelation of some of the scarier ways big companies are now exploiting convict labor.

78.  And there are many other big U.S. companies just like these three.

79.  And the big companies are mining gold at a record rate from public land without paying a dime in royalties.

80.  And so far, some of them say, the big companies have botched it.