Yet even though many companies are reaping big profits and the economy is growing, the layoffs continue.

"The companies that really grasped the opportunities 10 years ago are reaping the benefits."

She said the company was also reaping the results of its cost cutting.

The company is currently reaping the benefits of cutting its work force by 14 percent in late 1990.

Private markets do not produce enough research since individual companies cannot always reap the profit from their discoveries.

That is critical during the holidays, when the companies reap up to half their annual sales.

But the company reaps 21 percent of the area's radio ad revenue.

And now the company is reaping the harvest of that chaotic period.

Despite efforts to prevent it, some companies reaped great profits.

I see it as an investment in them and the company reaps the reward.