81.  And some big companies that used to guarantee lifetime employment are announcing layoffs.

82.  And some big U.S. companies have opted to go smaller rather than competing in the din of the big showroom floors.

83.  And some big U.S. companies still do most of their production domestically, and for them exports count.

84.  And there are many other big U.S. companies just like them.

85.  And stocks of other big Internet companies, which have nothing to do with airline tickets, also fell sharply on the news.

86.  And the big company can offer expertise in bringing a drug through clinical trials and in sales and marketing.

87.  And when they did look at it, they found it was such a powerful tool that it made sense for almost any big company.

88.  Another big company, Duracell International Inc., the Bethel-based battery maker, was third.

89.  Another symptom of the erosion of monolithic identity is the practice by some big companies of hiding behind small identities.

90.  Another big company, Bank of America, also is on the verge of a major reorganization and cost cutting despite record profits.