Last year, the company endured a $495 million net loss on revenue of $9.6 billion.

It had to be brought down with no more acceleration planetward than a ship's company could endure.

He spoke candidly about the difficulties the company had endured, and those that were to come.

But before long many companies, including Tiscali, endured share price plunges of more than 95 percent.

A company can't endure that kind of uncertainty for three years.

Critics, however, note that even some companies in bankruptcy endure beyond all expectations.

The company then endured a period of decline and technological stagnation.

No company claiming false figures in the performance specifications of its products could long endure.

Last year, when the company endured a strike to force workers to accept various concessions, it lost $99 million.

The year 1995 had been particularly difficult, one in which the company endured a net loss of $51.7 million.