11.  That might be diverting money away from promising companies in other industries.

12.  The fund means to nurture promising new companies on the East Coast in general.

13.  The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged a New Jersey company that had once been promoted as a promising small company on the American Stock Exchange with fraud.

14.  The shares had the feel of a private equity portfolio, a basket of promising private companies that would one day go public or be sold for big profits.

15.  The venture group is glad to help graduates land jobs with promising companies.

16.  Two other promising Donovan companies have also turned out as big disappointments.

17.  What pushed these promising companies into the abyss?

18.  With leisure time and new wealth on your hands, you sink a few bucks into some promising young companies where you sit on the board.

19.  With venture capitalists pumping money into a host of ambitious technology start-ups, analysts for investment bankers increasingly must have a handle on promising companies before they go public.

20.  And Eazel Inc., the most promising company trying to bring Linux to the masses, went out of business last month after failing to attract investors.