In recent years, everyone has tried to steal business from Goldman and Salomon.

"There are some travel agents who feel we're trying to steal business from the Keys - not at all," he said.

"I don't look at it as stealing business," he said.

Among the hospitals, the competition was fierce, as each tried to steal business from others.

Companies selling secondhand cash registers began to steal business from it.

"They are stealing business away from us."

"What Illinois wants to do is to steal business from Iowa," he said the other day.

The big agencies also face a throng of hip new rivals, which have pounced on the opportunity and are looking to steal business.

New company steals business from sons' company and finally has to bail them out.

There are, of course, other electronic trading systems that have cropped up to steal business from the Big Board.