At the time, he cited concerns that the current program helped large out-of-state landowners and big corporations rather than average homeowners.

One option for growth is widely thought to be serving the so-called enterprise market, helping corporations set up and manage their telephone and data networks.

The food bank also sponsors Hunger 101, a role-playing activity to help corporations and high school students understand what it's like to be hungry.

By the mid-1980s, the ministry was helping foreign corporations set up operations in Japan.

Does displacing workers in the name of technology really help our communities or corporations in the long run?

Robert J. Battista, the labor board's chairman, denied that the panel was stretching the law to help corporations.

"We try to help corporations and schools and others bridge that gap."

Geographic information systems, as they are called, are increasingly ubiquitous computerized mapping programs that help corporations, private groups and governments make decisions.

Business leaders noted, however, that the dividend tax cut could help corporations by encouraging more investment and making it easier for them to raise money.

He has recently set up two agencies to help corporations "with good prospects" avoid bankruptcy caused by current tight credit policies.